Κύμη

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Κύμη OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
city
Entry #261
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 392.17 | Billerbeck: Κ261
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-23
Word count: 59
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἔφορος (Ephorus), Ἡσίοδος (Hesiod)
Entities: Κύμη (Cyme (Kymi)) [place], Αἰολίς (Aeolis (Aeolia)) [place], Λέσβος (Lesbos) [place], Κύμη (Cyme (the Amazon)) [person], Ἀμαζών (Amazon (female warrior)) [person], Ἀμαζόνιον (Amazonion) [place], Κυμαῖος (Kymaean (ethnic)) [people], Κυμαῖοι (Kymaeans) [people], Φρικωνῖτις (Friconitis (region)) [place], Ἰταλία (Italy) [place], Κυμεύς (Kymean (ethnic)) [people], Ἠλεία (Elis) [place], Εὐβοία (Euboea) [place], Παμφυλία (Pamphylia) [place], Σικελία (Sicily) [place]
Etymologies: 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').
Place: Cyme | 📍 Map
Source: e9783110219630_i0829.jpg
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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.]
Kymē: a city of Aiolis, opposite Lesbos, named from Kymē the Amazon. It was also called Amazonion. The ethnic (gentilic) is Kymaios. From here were Ephoros the historian and Hesiodos, (both) Kymaioi. There is also another (Kymē), called Phrikōnitis. This one, and Lesbos as well, is mocked for dull-wittedness. And there is also another in Italy; its ethnic is Kymeus. A fourth (is) in Elis; a fifth in Euboia; a sixth in Pamphylia. There is also an island near Sicily.

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