Κύρρος

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Κύρρος OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
city
Entry #293
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 397.11 | Billerbeck: Κ293
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-23
Word count: 32
Translation blocked: Mostly 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.
Sources: 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
Entities: Κύρρος (Kyrros (city)) [place], Συρία (Syria) [place], Γίνδαρος (Gindaros (acropolis)) [place], Κυρρῆστης (Kyrrestes (citizen)) [person], Κυρρεστὶς (Kyrrestis (epithet)) [deity], Ἀθηνᾶ (Athena) [deity], Κυρρεστική (Kyrrestike (region)) [place], Ἀντίγονος (Antigonus) [person]
Etymologies: Morphological Composition: The citizen (demonym) Κυρρέστης, according to Polybius.; Morphological Composition: And Κυρρεστὶς, the Athena (i.e., Athena bearing the epithet Κυρρεστὶς).; Morphological Composition: And the country/region Κυρρεστική.; Unclear Metalinguistic: Demetrios of Antigonus says τὸ Κυρρήστης 'through the η' — a metalinguistic remark that the form involves an eta.
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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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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´…