Κυνόσαργες - Stephanos Ethnika

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Κυνόσαργες, γυμνάσιον ἐν τῇ Ἀττικῇ καὶ δῆμος, ἀπὸ Διόμου, ἀφ´ οὗ ὁ χῶρος Ἀθήνησι Διόμεια καλεῖται. Δίομος γὰρ Ἡρακλεῖ ὡς θεῷ θύων τὰ ξενώσων ἱερὰ Ἡρακλεῖ ἥρῳ ἔδειξε, καὶ αὐτῷ κύων λευκὸς ἁρπάσας τὰ μηρία εἰς τοῦτο τὸ χωρίον ἤνεγκεν. ὁ δημότης καὶ τὸ ἐκ τόπου ἐκ Κυνοσάργους, καὶ εἰς τόπον ἐς Κυνόσαργες, καὶ ἐν τόπῳ ἐν Κυνοσάργει.

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Text Details

Entry	#269
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 393.24 · Billerbeck Κ269
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-23
Word count	58

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Κυνόσαργες	Kynosarges · place · corrected · Q940907
Ἀττική	Attica · place · corrected · Q122443
Δῖoμος	Diomus · person
Ἀθῆναι Διομέεια	Athens Diomeia (the Diomeian part of Athens) · place
Δῖoμος	Diomus · person
Ἡρακλῆς	Heracles · deity
Ἡρακλῆς ἥρως	Heracles the hero · deity
Κυνόσαργες	Kynosarges · place · corrected · Q940907
Κυνόσαργες	Kynosarges · place · corrected · Q940907
Κυνόσαργες	Kynosarges · place · corrected · Q940907
Kynosarges gymnasion/deme	place · gymnasion and deme · Attica; Athens · explicit · wikidata: Q127001629 · candidate

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	From Diomus — from whom the region in Athens is called Diomeia.
Folk Etymology Narrative	Kynosarges — (the story) that Diomus, sacrificing to Heracles, and a white dog seized the thighs and carried them into this place (hence the name Kynosarges).

Links

Place links	Cynosarges \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i0844.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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 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	εἰς + «X» (GREEK LETTER) formula:f06db8d92900ddc7	Translate as "ending in X" Domain: SPELLING & PROSODY Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	δῆμος ὁ gloss:e4ad995bede3b3b3	deme Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	δημότης ὁ gloss:47f8a94e343c05a7	deme-member Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	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	χωρίον τό gloss:619c2907ea980b25	locality; point (only in μέσα χωρία: ‘halfway point’) Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	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.

Herodian 1.394

char LCS 185 (70.3%) · word LCS 39 (67.2%)

Stephanos

Κυνόσαργες, γυμνάσιον ἐν τῇ Ἀττικῇ καὶ δῆμος, ἀπὸ Διόμου, ἀφ´ οὗ ὁ χῶρος Ἀθήνησι Διόμεια καλεῖται. Δίομος γὰρ Ἡρακλεῖ ὡς θεῷ θύων τὰ ξενώσων ἱερὰ Ἡρακλεῖ ἥρῳ ἔδειξε, καὶ αὐτῷ κύων λευκὸς ἁρπάσας τὰ μηρία εἰς τοῦτο τὸ χωρίον ἤνεγκεν. ὁ δημότης καὶ τὸ ἐκ τόπου ἐκ Κυνοσάργους, καὶ εἰς τόπον ἐς Κυνόσαργες, καὶ ἐν τόπῳ ἐν Κυνοσάργει.

Herodian

…πολὰς πρὸς ταῖς Συρακούσαις. τὸ ἔλεγχος, τὸ σκότος, τὸ τάριχος γέγονε κατὰ μεταβολὴν τοῦ γένους ἐκ τοῦ ὁ ἔλεγχος, ὁ σκότος, ὁ τάριχος. αἱ δὲ μετοχαὶ ὀξύνονται, τὸ τετυφός, πεποιηκός. Τὰ εἰς 'ες' μονογενῆ προπαροξύνεται, Κυνόσαργες γυμνάσιον ἐν τῇ Ἀττικῇ καὶ δῆμος, ἀπὸ Διόμου, ἀφ´ οὗ ὁ χῶρος Ἀθήνησι Διόμεια καλεῖται. Δίομος γὰρ Ἡρακλεῖ ὡς θεῷ θύων τὰ ξενώσων (?) ἱερὰ Ἡρακλεῖ ἥρῳ ἔδειξε καὶ αὐτῷ κύων λευκὸς ἁρπάσας τὰ μηρία εἰς τοῦτο τὸ χωρίον ἤνεγκε. ὅμαρες τὸ συμφωνοῦν, πεύκαες τὸ πικρόν, ῥώπαες τὸ ἀλσῶδες, πάνακες, δονάκαες. τὰ δὲ ἐπιθετικὰ ὀξύνεται ὥσπερ καὶ τὰ ἀρσενικά, εὐσεβές, εὐγενές. {1ΠΕΡΙ ΜΟΝΟΣΥΛΛΑΒΩΝ ΟΝΟΜΑΤΩΝ. ΒΙΒΛΙΟΝ ιδʹ.}1 Πᾶν ὄνομα μονοσύλλαβον οὐδέτε…