Ἁγνώνεια

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Ἁγνώνεια, πόλις Θρᾴκης πλησίον Ἀμφιπόλεως, Ἅγνωνος κτίσμα τοῦ στρατηγοῦ τῶν Ἀθηναίων. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἁγνωνείτης, ὡς Μαρωνείτης τοῦ Μαρώνεια καὶ Καυκωνείτης τοῦ Καυκώνεια, κατ´ ἔλλειψιν τοῦ « α ».

Hagnoneia: a city in Thrace near Amphipolis, a foundation of Hagnon, the general of the Athenians. The ethnonym is 'Hagnoneites', just as 'Maroneites' is from the name Maroneia and 'Kaukoneites' from Kaukoneia, with omission of the α.

AI translation — gpt-5.6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry#38
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 20.3
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-28
Word count26
AI translationgpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.6-sol

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ἉγνώνειαHagnoneia · place
ΘρᾴκηThrace · place
ἈμφίπολιςAmphipolis · place
ἍγνωνHagnon · person
ἈθηναῖοιAthenians · people
ΜαρωνείτηςMaroneite · people
ΜαρώνειαMaroneia · place
ΚαυκωνείτηςCauconite · people
ΚαυκώνειαCauconia · place
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym PersonA foundation/settlement of Hagnon, the Athenian general; the place was named from its founder Hagnon.
Morphological CompositionThe ethnic name is Hagnoneites, like Maroneites from Maroneia and CaucOneites from Caucon(e)ia, formed by omission of the alpha (κατ’ ἔλλειψιν τοῦ α).

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN)
formula:439629f16cfaba3f
Translate as "Y is from 'X'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON)
formula:4e7b910409d678a8
Translate as "'X' is from Y"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (nominative PROPER NOUN) + X (genitive PROPER NOUN)
formula:276bf314e3ad9973
Translate as "X, X"
Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE)
formula:0a6d211492d74a05
Translate as "a X of the Y"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION)
formula:1040044f9f2bf616
Translate as "a X in Y"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX... πλησίον + Y. (genitive)
formula:3d243d130e764a8b
Translate as "X... near Y"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formulaτὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM)
formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3
Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formulaὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME)
formula:d915b1886270056c
Translate as "as per X"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaὡς + X (definite ARTICLE + ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN)
formula:bcd70ae781e7b205
Translate as "just as 'Y' is from the name X"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 4 occurrences
Glossἐθνικόν τό
gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a
ethnonym
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossκτίσμα τό
gloss:fb49af0b4b56155e
foundation
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.277
char LCS 72 (46.5%) · word LCS 11 (42.3%)
Stephanos
Ἁγνώνεια, πόλις Θρᾴκης πλησίον Ἀμφιπόλεως, Ἅγνωνος κτίσμα τοῦ στρατηγοῦ τῶν Ἀθηναίων. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἁγνωνείτης, ὡς Μαρωνείτης τοῦ Μαρώνεια καὶ Καυκωνείτης τοῦ Καυκώνεια, κατ´ ἔλλειψιν τοῦ « α ».
Herodian
…τη ἐν τῇ Μαργιανῇ Παρθυαίων. Στράβων ἑνδεκάτῃ. τρισκαιδεκάτη ἡ Ταρσός. τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτη Ἰσαυρίας ἡ Λαμπωτὶς λεγομένη. Ἀσπαλάθεια πόλις Ταφίων. Νίκανδρος ἑτεροιουμένων πρώτῃ «Ἀσπαλάθεια βοήροτος». Ἀττάλεια πόλις Λυδίας. Ἁγνώνεια πόλις Θρᾴκης πλησίον Ἀμφιπόλεως, Ἅγνωνος κτίσμα τοῦ στρατηγοῦ τῶν Ἀθηναίων. Αἰξώνεια πόλις Μαγνησίας. Ἀκαδήμεια γυμνάσιον Ἀθήνησιν ἀπὸ Ἀκαδήμου. γράφεται καὶ διὰ τοῦ 'ε' Ἐκαδήμεια· οἱ δ´ ὅτι Ἔχεμος ὁ Ἀρκὰς συστρατεύσας τοῖς Διοσκούροις ὑποχείριον ἔσχε τὴν Ἀττικήν, ἐξ οὗ Ἐχεδήμειάν φασιν. μὴ βο…

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