Ἄκανθος

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Ἄκανθος OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
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Ἄκανθος, πόλις Θρᾴκης ἀκάνθαις πεφραγμένη, ὑπὲρ τὸν Ἄθω, ὅθεν κέκληται, ἢ ἀπό τινος Ἀκάνθου, ὡς Μνασέας. βʹ ἔστι καὶ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ Ἄκανθος, Μέμφιδος ἀπέχουσα σταδίους τριακοσίους εἴκοσι καὶ δύο, [ἐν ᾗ] “τῆς ἀκάνθης τῆς Θηβαϊκῆς ἄλσος εὐμέγεθες, ἐξ ἧς καὶ τὸ κόμμι συνάγεται”. γʹ ἄλλη ἐν τῇ χερρονήσῳ παρὰ τὴν Κνιδίαν. δʹ ἔστι καὶ ἡ Ἀθαμανίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν τῆς Ἀκάνθου Ἀκάνθιος, ἐξ οὗ καὶ παροιμία “Ἀκάνθιος τέττιξ” ἐπὶ τῶν ἀφώνων, τοιοῦτοι γὰρ οἱ τῆς χώρας τέττιγες, ὡς Σιμωνίδης. τὸ θηλυκὸν Ἀκανθιάς. τῆς δὲ Ἀκανθῶν [πόλεως] Ἀκανθοπολίτης· λέγεται γὰρ καὶ οὕτως ἡ πόλις· ὡς Λεοντοπολίτης καὶ Λυκοπολίτης καὶ Κυνοπολίτης, περὶ ὧν εἰρήσεται.

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Text Details

Entry#151
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 56.17
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-30
Word count97

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
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 (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON)
formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d
Translate as "X... after Y"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · medium confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH)
formula:1bb0974b95264dde
Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION)
formula:1040044f9f2bf616
Translate as "a X in Y"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossκαλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται/ἐκλήθη (ἀπο...)
gloss:ef7a95cd709173ed
is/used to be/is/was called/named after (+ ἀπο)
Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossχώρα ἡ
gloss:54f628c16aa263ce
region; territory (when belonging to a specific people, tribe, or nation); surrounding territory (when juxtaposed against a πόλις); land (remote or poetical places)
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 1.146
char LCS 61 (12.1%) · word LCS 14 (13.9%)
Stephanos
Ἄκανθος, πόλις Θρᾴκης ἀκάνθαις πεφραγμένη, ὑπὲρ τὸν Ἄθω, ὅθεν κέκληται, ἢ ἀπό τινος Ἀκάνθου, ὡς Μνασέας. βʹ ἔστι καὶ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ Ἄκανθος, Μέμφιδος ἀπέχουσα σταδίους τριακοσίους εἴκοσι καὶ δύο, [ἐν ᾗ] “τῆς ἀκάνθης τῆς Θηβαϊκῆς ἄλσος εὐμέγεθες, ἐξ ἧς καὶ τὸ κόμμι συνάγεται”. γʹ ἄλλη ἐν τῇ χερρονήσῳ παρὰ τὴν Κνιδίαν. δʹ ἔστι καὶ ἡ Ἀθαμανίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν τῆς …
Herodian
…'θος' ὑπερδισύλλαβα ἔχοντα κατὰ τὴν παραλήγουσαν δύο σύμφωνα μὴ ὄντα ἐπιθετικὰ προπαροξύνονται, Ἐρύμανθος ὄρος καὶ ποταμός «ἢ κατὰ Τηΰγετον περιμήκετον ἢ Ἐρύμανθον» (Od. ζ 103). Ἄκανθος πόλις Θρᾴκης ἀκάνθαις πεφραγμένη, ὅθεν κέκληται, ἢ ἀπό τινος Ἀκάνθου, ὡς Μνασέας. βʹ. ἔστι καὶ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ Ἄκανθος. γʹ. ἄλλη ἐν τῇ χερρονήσῳ περὶ τὴν Κνιδίαν. δʹ. ἔστι καὶ ἡ Ἀθαμανίας. Φάλανθος ὄρος καὶ πόλις Ἀρκαδίας. Παυσανίας ὀγδόῳ (c. 35, 9) ἀπὸ Φαλάνθου. Πύρανθος πόλις μικρὰ ἢ κώμη Κρήτης περὶ Γόρτυνα. Ψίναφθος Αἰγύπτου πολίχνι…

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