Κύμη - Stephanos Ethnika

Κύμη OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

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.]

Translation pending

Text Details

Entry	#261
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 392.17 · Billerbeck Κ261
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-23
Word count	59

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἔφορος (Ephorus)	—
Ἡσίοδος (Hesiod)	—

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Κύμη	Cyme (Kymi) · place · corrected · Q59210372
Αἰολίς	Aeolis (Aeolia) · place · corrected · Q255325
Λέσβος	Lesbos · place · corrected · Q128087
Κύμη	Cyme (the Amazon) · person · corrected · Q59210372
Ἀμαζών	Amazon (female warrior) · person · corrected · Q134154
Ἀμαζόνιον	Amazonion · place
Κυμαῖος	Kymaean (ethnic) · people
Κυμαῖοι	Kymaeans · people
Φρικωνῖτις	Friconitis (region) · place
Ἰταλία	Italy · place
Κυμεύς	Kymean (ethnic) · people
Ἠλεία	Elis · place · corrected · Q6536845
Εὐβοία	Euboea · place · corrected · Q173096
Παμφυλία	Pamphylia · place · corrected · Q585250
Σικελία	Sicily · place · corrected · Q4951156
Kyme in Aiolis	place · city · Aiolis, in front of Lesbos · explicit · unresolved
Kyme/Amazonion in Aiolis	place · city · Aiolis · implicit · unresolved
Kyme in Phrikonis	place · city · Phrikonitis / Lesbian-Aeolian sphere · implicit · unresolved
Kyme in Italy	place · city · Italy · implicit · unresolved
Kyme in Elis	place · city · Elis · implicit · unresolved
Kyme in Euboia	place · city · Euboia · implicit · unresolved
Kyme in Pamphylia	place · city · Pamphylia · implicit · unresolved
Island near Sicily	place · island · near Sicily · implicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	from Kyme the Amazon (i.e., named after Kyme the Amazon).
Unclear Metalinguistic	it was called 'Amazonion' (an alternative name derived from 'Amazon').

Links

Place links	Cyme \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i0829.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 · 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) + X (genitive PROPER NOUN) formula:276bf314e3ad9973	Translate as "X, X" Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS	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 (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	X... πλησίον + Y. (genitive) formula:3d243d130e764a8b	Translate as "X... near 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 · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ἱστορικός 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
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

Herodian overlaps

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

No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.