Κύμη

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Κύμη, πόλις Αἰολίδος πρὸ τῆς Λέσβου, ἀπὸ Κύμης Ἀμαζόνος. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ Ἀμαζόνειον· τὸ ἐθνικὸν Κυμαῖος. ἐντεῦθεν ἦν Ἔφορος ὁ ἱστορικὸς καὶ Ἡσίοδος Κυμαῖοι. ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἑτέρα Φρικωνῖτις λεγομένη. αὕτη δὲ καὶ ἡ Λέσβος σκώπτεται εἰς ἀναισθησίαν. ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἑτέρα Ἰταλίας. ταύτης τὸ ἐθνικὸν Κυμεύς. τετάρτη τῆς Ἠλείας. πέμπτη τῆς Εὐβοίας. ἕκτη Παμφυλίας. [ἔστι καὶ νῆσος πλησίον Σικελίας.]

Kyme: a city in Aiolis off Lesbos, named after Kyme the Amazon. It used to be called 'Amazoneion'; the ethnonym is 'Kymaios'. From there were Ephoros the historian and Hesiod, both 'Kymaioi'. There is also another, called 'Phrikonitis'. This and Lesbos are mocked for stupidity. There is also another in Italy; its ethnonym is 'Kymeys'. A fourth is in Elis, a fifth in Euboea, a sixth in Pamphylia. [There is also an island near Sicily.]

Text Details

Entry#261
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 392.17
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-23
Word count59
AI translationgpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ἔφορος (Ephorus)—
Ἡσίοδος (Hesiod)—
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΚύμηCyme (Kymi) · place · corrected · Q59210372
ΑἰολίςAeolis (Aeolia) · place · corrected · Q255325
ΛέσβοςLesbos · place · corrected · Q128087
ΚύμηCyme (the Amazon) · person · corrected · Q59210372
ἈμαζώνAmazon (female warrior) · person · corrected · Q134154
ἈμαζόνιονAmazonion · place
ΚυμαῖοςKymaean (ethnic) · people
ΚυμαῖοιKymaeans · people
ΦρικωνῖτιςFriconitis (region) · place
ἸταλίαItaly · place
ΚυμεύςKymean (ethnic) · people
ἨλείαElis · place · corrected · Q6536845
ΕὐβοίαEuboea · place · corrected · Q173096
ΠαμφυλίαPamphylia · place · corrected · Q585250
ΣικελίαSicily · place · corrected · Q4951156
Kyme in Aiolisplace · city · Aiolis, in front of Lesbos · explicit · unresolved
Kyme/Amazonion in Aiolisplace · city · Aiolis · implicit · unresolved
Kyme in Phrikonisplace · city · Phrikonitis / Lesbian-Aeolian sphere · implicit · unresolved
Kyme in Italyplace · city · Italy · implicit · unresolved
Kyme in Elisplace · city · Elis · implicit · unresolved
Kyme in Euboiaplace · city · Euboia · implicit · unresolved
Kyme in Pamphyliaplace · city · Pamphylia · implicit · unresolved
Island near Sicilyplace · island · near Sicily · implicit · unresolved
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym Personfrom Kyme the Amazon (i.e., named after Kyme the Amazon).
Unclear Metalinguisticit was called 'Amazonion' (an alternative name derived from 'Amazon').

Links

Place linksCyme | 📍 Map | Pleiades
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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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (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 · 2 occurrences
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 · 4 occurrences
Glossἐθνικόν τό
gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a
ethnonym
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Glossἱστορικός ὁ
gloss:f02a916b8e56ad5f
scholar (note Steph. doesn't use σχολαστικός)
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL
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
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