Δώτιον - Stephanos Ethnika

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Δώτιον, πόλις Θεσσαλίας, ὅπου μετῴκησαν οἱ Κνίδιοι, ὧν ἡ χώρα Κνιδία. Καλλίμαχος ἐν τοῖς ὕμνοις “οὔπω τὰν Κνιδίαν, ἔτι Δώτιον ἱρὸν ἔναιον”. ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ Δωτίας τῆς Ἐλάτου. Φερεκύδης δὲ ἀπὸ Δώτιος τοῦ Ἀστερίου καὶ Ἀμφικτυόνης τῆς Φθίου. ὡς δὲ Ἀρχῖνος ἀπὸ Δώτου τοῦ Νεώνου τοῦ Ἕλληνος. Μνασέας δέ “ἀπὸ Δώτου τοῦ Πελασγοῦ. ἔστι δὲ τὸ πεδίον αὐτὸ καθ´ ἑαυτὸ ἰδίοις ὄρεσι περιεχόμενον”. ὁ πολίτης Δωτιεύς. Σοφοκλῆς Λαρισαίοις “καί μοι τρίτον ῥίπτοντι Δωτιεὺς ἀνὴρ ἀγχοῦ προσῆψεν Ἔλατος ἐν δισκήματι”. καὶ ἐν Λημνίαις προτέραις “Φερητίδης τ´ Ἄδμητος ἠδ´ ὁ Δωτιεὺς Λαπίθης Κόρωνος”. τὸ θηλυκὸν Δωτηίς. Ῥιανὸς ἐν δʹ Μεσσηνιακῶν “αὐδὴν εἰσάμενος Δωτηίδι Νικοτελείῃ”. καὶ Δωτιάς, ὡς Ἰλιάς τοῦ Ἰλιεύς. Σοφοκλῆς ἐν Πηλεῖ “βασιλεὺς χώρας τῆς Δωτιάδος”. καὶ Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Ῥόδιος ἐν Ῥόδου κτίσει “ὅσσα τε γαίης ἔργα τε Δωτιάδος πρότεροι κάμον Αἱμονιῆες”. καὶ Ἀντίμαχος ἐν βʹ Λύδης “φεύγοντας γαίης ἔκτοθι Δωτιάδος”. καὶ οὐδέτερον Δώτιον, Διονύσιος ἐν αʹ Γιγαντιάδος “καὶ κελάδων Σπερχειός, ἔχουσι δὲ Δώτια τέμπεα”. καὶ τὸ ἑνικὸν ἐν τῷ βʹ “καὶ κενεὸν βρόντησε λέβης ἀνὰ Δώτιον Ἄργος”. ἐκλήθη δὲ Δώτιον ἀπὸ Δώτου τοῦ Πελασγοῦ παιδός, ὡς Ἡρωδιανὸς ἐν ηʹ “Δῶτος ὁ Πελασγοῦ, ἀφ´ οὗ τὸ Δώτιον πεδίον”. ἐκ περιττοῦ τοίνυν Ὦρος ἐν τοῖς ἐθνικοῖς τῇδε γράφει “καὶ τὰ περὶ Θάμυριν ἐν Δωρίῳ παριστοροῦντος τοῦ ποιητοῦ, πάλιν Ἡσίοδος Δωτίῳ ἐν πεδίῳ φάσκει αὐτὸν τετυφλῶσθαι”. συντάσσει γὰρ τοῦτο τοῖς διχογραφουμένοις πρωτοτύποις τῶν ἐθνικῶν. ἐπάγει γοῦν “οὐ γὰρ ὡς ἡ Καλχηδών καὶ Καρχηδών καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα λέγεται. ἡ μὲν γὰρ διὰ τοῦ « λ » περὶ τὸν Πόντον, ἡ δὲ διὰ τοῦ « ρ » πρὸ τῆς Λιβύης”. ἡμεῖς δὲ προὔφθημεν δείξαντες διὰ πολλῶν μαρτυριῶν ἕτερον [τὸ] διὰ τοῦ « ρ » Δώριον καὶ ἕτερον τὸ διὰ τοῦ « τ » Δώτιον.

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Text Details

Entry	#151
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 256.14
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-22
Word count	280

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Καλλίμαχος (Callimachus)	ὕμνοις (Cer.) · Cer. 24
Φερεκύδης (Pherecydes)	FGrHist 3 F 172
Φερεκύδης (Pherecydes)	—
Ἀρχῖνος (Archinos)	FGrHist 604 F 3
Μνασέας (Mnaseas)	fr. 27 Cappelletto
Σοφοκλῆς (Sophocles)	Λαρισαίοις; Πηλεῖ (frs.) · fr. 380 Radt; fr. 492 Radt
Λαρισαῖοι (the Larisaeans (work/title))	Λαρισαίοις · fr. 380 Radt
Ῥιανός (Rhianus)	Μεσσηνιακῶν · FGrHist 265 F 39 = fr. 50 Powell
Μεσσηνιακά (Messeniaca (work))	Μεσσηνιακῶν · FGrHist 265 F 39 = fr. 50 Powell
Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Ῥόδιος (Apollonius of Rhodes)	Ῥόδου κτίσει · fr. 10 Powell
Ῥόδιος κτίσις (On the Founding of Rhodes (work))	fr. 10 Powell
Ἀντίμαχος (Antimachus)	Λύδης (β) · fr. 85 Matthews = fr. 72 Wyss
Λύδη (Lydia (work/book))	—
Διονύσιος (Dionysius)	α Γιγαντιάδος · fr. 27 Livrea = fr. 15a Heitsch
Γιγαντιάς / Γιγαντιάς (work) (Gigantias (the Gigantomachy work))	—
Ὧρος (Horos (author))	Ἐθνικοῖς · Reitzenstein, Gesch. p. 316
Ἐθνικά (Ethnica) (Ethnica (work))	—
Ἡσίοδος (Hesiod)	fr. 66 Most = fr. 65 Merkelbach/West
Ἡρωδιανός (Herodianus)	(1,214,19–20)

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Δώτιον	Dotium (place) · place · corrected · Q11939596
Θεσσαλία	Thessaly · place · corrected · Q1247568
Κνιδῖοι	Cnidians · people
Κνιδία	Cnidia · place
Δώτιον	(gen. of) Dotium / Dotian (place form) · place · corrected · Q11939596
Ἐλάτης / Ἐλάτος	Elatus · person
Δώτος	Dotos · person
Ἀστέριος	Asterios · person
Ἀμφικτυών	Amphictyon · person
Φθία	Phthia (region) · place
Νεών	Neon · person
Ἕλλην	Hellen (eponymous ancestor) · person
Πελασγός	Pelasgus · person
Δωτιεύς	Dotian (inhabitant) · people
Ἔλατος	Elatos · person · corrected · Q24882382
Λήμνος / Λημνῖαι	Lemnian (Lemnos) · place
Λαπίθης	Lapith (member of Lapiths) · people
Κόρωνος	Koronos · person
Δωτηίς	Dotian (fem./place-form) · place
Νικοτελεία	Nicoteleia (female name) · person
Αἱμονιῆες	Aimoniae (?) (ethnic group) · people
Σπερχειός	Spercheios (river) · place · corrected · Q426309
Δώτιον	(gen.) of Dotium (place variant) · place · corrected · Q11939596
Δώριον	Dorion / Dōrion (place variant) · place · corrected · Q15733318
Θάμυρις	Thamyris (?) · person
Καλχηδών	Chalcedon · place
Καρχηδών	Carthage · place · corrected · Q6343
Λιβύη	Libya · place · corrected · Q2370577
Ἄδμητος	Admetus · person
Dotion (Thessalian city/plain)	place · city / plain · Thessaly · explicit · wikidata: Q89602868 · candidate

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Place Transfer	where the Cnidians settled, whose region is called Knidia.
Eponym Person	it was called from Dotia (of) Elatus.
Eponym Person	Ferekydes says (it is) from Dotios, son of Asterius, and Amphictyonis of Phthia.
Eponym Person	Archinus says (it is) from Dotus, son of Neonus the Hellene.
Eponym Person	Mnaseas says (it is) from Dotus the Pelasgian.
Eponym Person	Dotion (is) from Dotus, son of the Pelasgian, as Herodian says: 'Dōtos the Pelasgian, from whom the Dotion plain.'
Morphological Composition	For not like Chalcedon and Carthage and the like: one (form) is with lambda around the Pontus, the other with rho before Libya ... one (form) through r (Δώριον) and the other through t (Δώτιον).

Links

Place links	Dotion 2 (Pauly-Wissowa) \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol2_149.jpg, vol2_151.jpg, vol2_153.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	[NO ANTECEDENT] + ἀφ' οὗ + Y (DERIVED NOUN) formula:85dbc02f91e20d41	Translate as "as per 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 (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 · 5 occurrences
Formula	X (MASCULINE ETYMON) + ἀφ' οὗ + Y (DERIVED NOUN) formula:04e9b95236efcdc4	Translate as "X... from/after whom is 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (NEUTER ETYMON) + ἀφ' οὗ + Y (DERIVED NOUN) formula:36c80425f64385f6	Translate as "X... from which is Y" or "X... as per 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 5 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN)... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ARTICLE + genitive ETYMON) formula:8856d9e4780f3c74	Translate as "X... from the form 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 5 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 8 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · medium 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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	Χ (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:c22408ee90fd1a1e	*Translate as "X, in book Y of his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME) formula:d915b1886270056c	Translate as "as per X" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:f22af8012162d222	*Translate as 'as per X, in book Y of his Z'* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · medium confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:7163e35f4bd326d9	Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἄκρα ἡ gloss:4b3718d8a0a50cbb	promontory Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἀκρωτήριον τό gloss:a5a6a6388e65ee23	cape Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 3 occurrences
Gloss	ἀκτή ἡ gloss:debf8cab78f25544	headland, point Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 4 occurrences
Gloss	γένος τό gloss:c746b76469e4485d	descent Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Gloss	γῆ ἡ gloss:728db30aa96e9869	land, dirt, Earth Domain: TERRAIN/LANDMASSES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 5 occurrences
Gloss	διαίρεσις ἡ gloss:32385cdfa347bd24	diaresis (i.e. the punctuation mark) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἔθνος τό gloss:918b9f988d9a14d8	people Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ἔκτασις ἡ gloss:d629af1a353df660	lengthening (of a vowel) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἐν Ῥόδῳ gloss:f2adc7e96d46148c	on Rhodes Domain: MEASUREMENT & SPACE Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἐπιχώριος -α -ον (κατὰ τὸν ἐπιχώριον) gloss:a5a8d4938aac5b47	local (in the local form) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC 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 · 1 occurrence
Gloss	κύριον τό gloss:80561c77c14cdb57	personal name (AI), literal meaning, proper name (as in τ' ὄνομα κύριον) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	νησίδιον τό gloss:76ba8bb2978ac7bb	small island Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 4 occurrences
Gloss	παραλία ή gloss:7d56647e460e3843	coastline Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 3 occurrences
Gloss	πηγή ἡ gloss:61e17003d8d67690	spring, source (of a river) Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Gloss	προπαροξύνω gloss:73cd528e5d0d8546	accent with acute on the antepenult Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	προπερισπάω gloss:5bc4931832242610	accent with circumflex on the ultima Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	στάδιον τό gloss:aad73f9bb28e8557	stadion, stade Domain: MEASUREMENT & SPACE Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	τεῖχος τό gloss:e184afb0551538f4	wall, fortification, barrier Domain: SETTLEMENTS/STRUCTURES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	φυλή ἡ gloss:d443eaa1b875776d	tribe Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Gloss	χώρα 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 · 2 scan rows · 7 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.84

char LCS 57 (4.5%) · word LCS 9 (4.1%)

Stephanos

…περιεχόμενον”. ὁ πολίτης Δωτιεύς. Σοφοκλῆς Λαρισαίοις “καί μοι τρίτον ῥίπτοντι Δωτιεὺς ἀνὴρ ἀγχοῦ προσῆψεν Ἔλατος ἐν δισκήματι”. καὶ ἐν Λημνίαις προτέραις “Φερητίδης τ´ Ἄδμητος ἠδ´ ὁ Δωτιεὺς Λαπίθης Κόρωνος”. τὸ θηλυκὸν Δωτηίς. Ῥιανὸς ἐν δʹ Μεσσηνιακῶν “αὐδὴν εἰσάμενος Δωτηίδι Νικοτελείῃ”. καὶ Δωτιάς, ὡς Ἰλιάς τοῦ Ἰλιεύς. Σοφοκλῆς ἐν Πηλεῖ “βασιλεὺς χώρας τῆς Δωτιάδος”. καὶ Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Ῥόδιος ἐν Ῥόδου κτίσει “ὅσσα τε γαίης ἔργα τε Δωτιάδος πρότεροι κάμον Αἱμονιῆες”. καὶ Ἀντίμαχος ἐν βʹ Λύδης “φεύγοντας…

Herodian

…, Γολγηΐς, Μινυηΐς, Ῥοιτηΐς, Γρυνηΐς, Θυνηΐς, Δολοπηΐς ἡ χώρα τῶν Δολόπων, Λελεγηΐς. οὕτω πρῶτον Μίλητος ἐκαλεῖτο ἀπὸ τῶν ἐνοικούντων Λελέγων, ὡς Δίδυμος ἐν συμποσιακοῖς. Λιλυβηΐς, Λυκτηΐς, Δραγγηΐς, Ταμυνηΐς, Δρυοπηΐς, Δωτηΐς. Ῥιανὸς ἐν δʹ Μεσσηνιακῶν »αὐδὴν εἰσάμενος Δωτηΐδι Νικοτελείῃ«. Μελανηΐς· οὕτως ἐκαλεῖτο Ἐρέτρια ἀπὸ Μελανέως τοῦ Εὐρύτου πατρός. Δρυηΐς, Τριοπηΐς, Μακριηΐς, Ὑλληΐς, Μεγαρηΐς, Φυλληΐς, Φιλυρηΐς πλεονασμῷ τοῦ 'η' παρὰ τὸ Φιλυρίς, Πλατηΐς νῆσος παρὰ τῇ Λυκίᾳ. Ἐπειΐς, Τηλεβοΐς μοῖρα …

Herodian 1.214

char LCS 33 (3.8%) · word LCS 8 (4.5%)

Stephanos

…τιον, Διονύσιος ἐν αʹ Γιγαντιάδος “καὶ κελάδων Σπερχειός, ἔχουσι δὲ Δώτια τέμπεα”. καὶ τὸ ἑνικὸν ἐν τῷ βʹ “καὶ κενεὸν βρόντησε λέβης ἀνὰ Δώτιον Ἄργος”. ἐκλήθη δὲ Δώτιον ἀπὸ Δώτου τοῦ Πελασγοῦ παιδός, ὡς Ἡρωδιανὸς ἐν ηʹ “Δῶτος ὁ Πελασγοῦ, ἀφ´ οὗ τὸ Δώτιον πεδίον”. ἐκ περιττοῦ τοίνυν Ὦρος ἐν τοῖς ἐθνικοῖς τῇδε γράφει “καὶ τὰ περὶ Θάμυριν ἐν Δωρίῳ παριστοροῦντος τοῦ ποιητοῦ, πάλιν Ἡσίοδος Δωτίῳ ἐν πεδίῳ φάσκει αὐτὸν τετυφλῶσθαι”. συντάσσει γὰρ τοῦτο τοῖς διχογραφουμένοις πρωτοτύποις …

Herodian

…του—ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ καὶ Βουτώ, ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα Γεδρωσίας. καὶ τὸ Παιτός ἐθνικὸν ὡς καὶ τὸ Ῥαιτός. ἔστι δὲ Τυρρηνικὸν ἔθνος. Τὰ εἰς 'τος' δισύλλαβα παραληγόμενα ἑνὶ τῶν φύσει μακρῶν κύρια ὄντα βαρύνεται, Κλῆτος ὄνομα ποταμοῦ. Δῶτος ὁ Πελασγοῦ, ἀφ´ οὗ τὸ Δώτιον πεδίον. ἔστι καὶ ὄνομα αὐλητοῦ. Πρῶτος. Ὦτος