Κύρρος

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Κύρρος, πόλις Συρίας, ἧς ἀκρόπολις Γίνδαρος. ὁ πολίτης Κυρρέστης, ὡς Πολύβιος πέμπτῳ, καὶ Κυρρεστίς ἡ Ἀθηνᾶ. καὶ ἡ χώρα Κυρρεστική. Στράβων ἑκκαιδεκάτῃ. Δημήτριος δὲ ὁ Ἀντιγόνου τὸ Κυρήστης διὰ τοῦ « η » φησὶ καθύ...

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Text Details

Entry#293
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 397.11 · Billerbeck Κ293
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-23
Word count32
Translation statusMostly mechanical differences in punctuation and numeral/citation notation, plus orthographic variants; but substantive divergences include the article ἡ vs relative pronoun ἧς (changes syntax/meaning) and added editorial wording/quote in Meineke not present in Billerbeck.

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Πολύβιος (Polybius)5,50,7 et 5,57,4
Στράβων (Strabo)16,2,8 [C 751,12]
Δημήτριος (Demetrios (of Antigonus))FGrHist 852 F 1
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΚύρροςKyrros (city) · place
ΣυρίαSyria · place
ΓίνδαροςGindaros (acropolis) · place
ΚυρρῆστηςKyrrestes (citizen) · person
ΚυρρεστὶςKyrrestis (epithet) · deity
ἈθηνᾶAthena · deity
ΚυρρεστικήKyrrestike (region) · place
ἈντίγονοςAntigonus · person
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Morphological CompositionThe citizen (demonym) Κυρρέστης, according to Polybius.
Morphological CompositionAnd Κυρρεστὶς, the Athena (i.e., Athena bearing the epithet Κυρρεστὶς).
Morphological CompositionAnd the country/region Κυρρεστική.
Unclear MetalinguisticDemetrios of Antigonus says τὸ Κυρρήστης 'through the η' — a metalinguistic remark that the form involves an eta.

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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.78
char LCS 44 (26.0%) · word LCS 10 (30.3%)
Stephanos
Κύρρος, πόλις Συρίας, ἧς ἀκρόπολις Γίνδαρος. ὁ πολίτης Κυρρέστης, ὡς Πολύβιος πέμπτῳ, καὶ Κυρρεστίς ἡ Ἀθηνᾶ. καὶ ἡ χώρα Κυρρεστική. Στράβων ἑκκαιδεκάτῃ. Δημήτριος δὲ ὁ Ἀντιγόνου τὸ Κυρήστης διὰ τοῦ « η » φησὶ καθύ...
Herodian
…στας αὐτοὺς καλεῖ—Μακεδονικὸν ἔθνος ὡς καὶ Ὀρέστης παρ´ Ἑκαταίῳ Εὐρώπῃ. Πενέστης καὶ Ἐθνέστης—ἀπὸ Ἐθνέστου τοῦ Νεοπτολέμου παιδῶν ἑνός, ὡς Ῥιανὸς δʹ καὶ εʹ—Θεσσαλικὰ ἔθνη. καὶ Κυρρέστης ἔθνος Συρίας, ὡς Πολύβιος πέμπτῳ· Δημήτριος δὲ ὁ Ἀντιγόνου τὸ Κυρήστης διὰ τοῦ 'η' φησὶ καὶ καθ´ ὕφεσιν τοῦ ἑνὸς 'ρ'. ὁμοίως δὲ τῷ Ὀρέστης βαρύνεται καὶ Πιάστης ἔθνος πρὸς τῷ Πόντῳ καὶ Προνάστης ἔθνος Βοιωτίας »Βοιωτῶν δέ τινες τὸ πάλαι ἔθνος Προνάσται καλέονται«. καὶ Ἀσβύστης ἔθνος Λιβύης »οἵ τε Τρίτωνος ἐφ´…

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