Ἄκη - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ἄκη, πόλις Φοινίκης. τὰ εἰς « κη » λήγοντα δισύλλαβα ἐπὶ πόλεων ἢ χωρῶν βαρύνεται. αὕτη δὲ Πτολεμαΐς ἐκαλεῖτο. Κοιλοσυρίτας δ´ αὐτοὺς ὠνόμαζον. Κλαύδιος δὲ Ἰούλιος ἐν πρώτῃ Φοινικικῶν φησὶν ὅτι ἐκλήθη ἀπὸ Ἡρακλέους “χαλεπωτάτῳ γὰρ ὑπὸ Εὐρυσθέως ἐπιταγεὶς ἄθλῳ, περισχεθεὶς τῷ τῆς Λερναίας ὕδρας ἰῷ, τοῖς τῶν δηγμάτων ἐπονεῖτο ἕλκεσιν. ἀνεῖλε δὲ τὸ Δελφικὸν μαντεῖον ἐπ´ ἀνατολὰς ἰτέον μέχρις ἂν ἐντύχῃ ποταμῷ φύοντι πόαν τῇ Ὕδρᾳ παραπλήσιον· ἐκείνης γὰρ καταπασάμενον τῶν ἑλκῶν ἀπαλλαγήσεσθαι. εὗρε δὲ τὸν ποταμὸν καὶ τὴν πυθόχρηστον πόαν, ἧς ὁ καυλὸς ἥ τε ῥίζα πάντως ἐστὶν ὀφιώδης τῷ ποικίλῳ ταῖς κεφαλαῖς· ὁπόσας γὰρ ἄν τις ἀποκείρῃ, φύονται αὖθις ἕτεραι. κολοκάσιον μέντοι καλοῦσι τὴν ῥίζαν, τὸ δ´ ὑπερπεφυκὸς κιβώριον, ὄψιν ἡδεῖαν ἐδωδίμους τε τὰς φλέβας παρέχον Αἰγυπτίοις”. περὶ δὲ τὸν Νεῖλον φύεται πολλή. ἡ δὲ περὶ τὸν Βῆλον ἕλκη θεραπεύει δυσίατα· τριβομένη γὰρ κατὰ τὴν ῥίζαν λευκὸν ἀναδίδωσιν ὀπόν. τούτῳ, φησί, καὶ Ἡρακλῆς ἰάθη. καὶ καλέσαι τὴν πόλιν Ἄκην. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἀκαῖος, ὡς Βαρκαῖος.

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Text Details

Entry	#160
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 59.11
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-30
Word count	156

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative BOOK NAME) formula:c795eaabedf9a542	*Translate as "Χ, in his Y"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (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
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "a X of the Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (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 · 1 occurrence
Formula	τὸ 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
Gloss	καλεῖται/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 · 2 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.314

char LCS 45 (5.5%) · word LCS 9 (5.8%)

Stephanos

Ἄκη, πόλις Φοινίκης. τὰ εἰς « κη » λήγοντα δισύλλαβα ἐπὶ πόλεων ἢ χωρῶν βαρύνεται. αὕτη δὲ Πτολεμαΐς ἐκαλεῖτο. Κοιλοσυρίτας δ´ αὐτοὺς ὠνόμαζον. Κλαύδιος δὲ Ἰούλιος ἐν πρώτῃ Φοινικικῶν φησὶν ὅτι ἐκλήθη ἀπὸ Ἡρακλέους “χαλεπωτάτῳ γὰρ ὑπὸ Εὐρυσθέως ἐπιταγεὶς ἄθλῳ, περισχεθεὶς τῷ τῆς Λερναίας ὕδρας ἰῷ, το…

Herodian

τὸ μέντοι ἀκή ἡ ἡσυχία ὀξύνεται πρὸς ἀντιδιαστολὴν κυρίου. ἔστι δὲ Ἄκη πόλις Φοινίκης ἡ ὕστερον Πτολεμαΐς. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ Ἄκη ἀπὸ τῆς ἰάσεως τοῦ γενομένου δήγματος Ἡρακλεῖ ὑπὸ ὄφεως. τὰ δὲ εἰς 'κη' λήγοντα δισύλλαβα ἐπὶ πόλεων ἢ χωρῶν βαρύνεται, Πλάκη πόλις Ἑλλησποντία. τὸ δὲ φακῆ περισπᾶται ἐκ συναιρέσεως. Τὰ εἰς 'κη' δισύλλαβα πρὸ τοῦ 'κ' σύμφωνον ἔχοντα μὴ τὸ 'λ' βαρύνεται, κάκκη κόπρος, κάκη δὲ ἡ δειλία, λόκκη ἡ χλαμύς, κρόκκη ἡ παράλιος ψηφίς. Τρίκκη πόλι…

Herodian 1.53

char LCS 19 (2.3%) · word LCS 5 (3.2%)

Stephanos

… Λερναίας ὕδρας ἰῷ, τοῖς τῶν δηγμάτων ἐπονεῖτο ἕλκεσιν. ἀνεῖλε δὲ τὸ Δελφικὸν μαντεῖον ἐπ´ ἀνατολὰς ἰτέον μέχρις ἂν ἐντύχῃ ποταμῷ φύοντι πόαν τῇ Ὕδρᾳ παραπλήσιον· ἐκείνης γὰρ καταπασάμενον τῶν ἑλκῶν ἀπαλλαγήσεσθαι. εὗρε δὲ τὸν ποταμὸν καὶ τὴν πυθόχρηστον πόαν, ἧς ὁ καυλὸς ἥ τε ῥίζα πάντως ἐστὶν ὀφιώδης τῷ ποικίλῳ ταῖς κεφαλαῖς· ὁπόσας γὰρ ἄν τις ἀποκείρῃ, φύονται αὖθις ἕτεραι. κολοκάσιον μέντοι καλοῦσι τὴν ῥίζαν, τὸ δ´ ὑπερπεφυκὸς κιβώριον, ὄψιν ἡδεῖαν ἐδωδίμο…

Herodian

…νοῦντα καὶ Φοινικοῦντα καὶ Ἐρύκην καὶ Καμικόν Ἁλικύας τε καὶ Θέρμον καὶ Καμάριναν, ὡς καὶ ἐν Ἰταλίᾳ. οἱ δὲ ἀπὸ Ἀκράγαντος τοῦ Διὸς καὶ Ἀστερόπης τῆς Ὠκεανοῦ. ἔστι καὶ Θρᾴκης καὶ Εὐβοίας καὶ Κύπρου καὶ Αἰτωλίας. Πολύβιος δὲ τὸν ποταμὸν καὶ τὴν πόλιν ἀπὸ τῆς χώρας ὠνομάσθαι Ἀκράγης διὰ τὸ εὔγεων.