Κύνθος

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Κύνθος OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
mountain
Entry #266
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 393.15 | Billerbeck: Κ266
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-23
Word count: 18
Translation blocked: Meineke restores an explicit reading '[ὄρος Δήλου,]' in place of an OCR lacuna in Billerbeck and expands an abbreviated/letter numeral 'ᾱ' to the spelled-out ordinal 'πρώτῃ'. Remaining differences are punctuation/diacritic (· vs ,; apostrophe form).
Sources: Ἀντίμαχος (Antimachus) fr. 12 Matthews = fr. 12 Wyss [Θηβαΐς], Θηβαΐς (Thebaid) fr. 12 Matthews = fr. 12 Wyss, Matthews (Matthews (editor)) fr. 12 Matthews, Wyss (Wyss (editor)) fr. 12 Wyss
Entities: Κύνθος (Kynthos) [place], Κύνθιος (Kynthios (male inhabitant of Kynthos)) [person], Κυνθιώτης (Kynthiotēs (male/fellow inhabitant of Kynthos)) [person], Κυνθιώτις (Kynthiotis (female inhabitant of Kynthos)) [person]
Etymologies: Unclear Metalinguistic: 'the inhabitant Κύνθιος (also in feminine and neuter). And Κυνθιώτης and Κυνθιώτις (feminine).' — forms of the ethnic/demonym for Κύνθος, i.e. names for its inhabitants.
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Source: e9783110219630_i0836.jpg
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Κύνθος, [ὄρος Δήλου,] παρ´ Ἀντιμάχῳ ἐν πρώτῃ Θηβαΐδος. ὁ οἰκήτωρ Κύνθιος καὶ θηλυκῶς καὶ οὐδετέρως. καὶ Κυνθιώτης καὶ Κυνθιῶτις θηλυκῶς.
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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.145
char LCS 42 (38.5%) · word LCS 8 (40.0%)
Stephanos
Κύνθος, [ὄρος Δήλου,] παρ´ Ἀντιμάχῳ ἐν πρώτῃ Θηβαΐδος. ὁ οἰκήτωρ Κύνθιος καὶ θηλυκῶς καὶ οὐδετέρως. καὶ Κυνθιώτης καὶ Κυνθιῶτις θηλυκῶς.
Herodian
γρόνθος τὸ ἐπὶ τῆς αὐλήσεως, σμίνθος ὁ μῦς. Πάρθος ἔθνος Σκυθικὸν οἱ καὶ Πάρθιοι καὶ Παρθυαῖοι. ἔστι δὲ καὶ Πάρθος πόλις Ἰλλυρική. Ἀπολλόδωρος ἐν χρονικῶν..... Κύνθος ὄρος Δήλου, παρ´ Ἀντιμάχῳ ἐν πρώτῃ Θηβαΐδος. οὕτως δὲ ἐκαλεῖτο καὶ Δῆλος ἀπὸ Κύνθου τοῦ Ὠκεανοῦ. Ξάνθος ἔθνος Θρᾴκιον. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Λυκίας. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ «παρ´ ᾗ Ξάνθος ἐξίησι ποταμός». ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ Ξάνθου Αἰγυπτίου ἢ Κρητὸς οἰκιστοῦ. ἔστι καὶ Ξά…