Κυρταία

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Entry #294
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 397.15 | Billerbeck: Κ294
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-23
Word count: 29
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Κτησίας (Ktesias) fr. 14a Lenfant = FGrHist 688 F 14a [Περσικῶν], Σωφηνός (Sophenos), Ἀραξηνός (Araxenos)
Entities: Κυρταία (Kyrtaia (Kyrtaea)) [place], Ἐρυθρά (θάλασσα) (Red Sea) [place], Ἀρταξέρξης (Artaxerxes) [person], Μεγάβυζος (Megabyzus) [person], Κυρταιανός (Kyrtaean (ethnic)) [people], Κυρταιηνός (Kyrtaean (from the country)) [people]
Etymologies: Morphological Composition: The ethnic (demonym) from the trade/formation is Κυρταιανός, and from the region (land) Κυρταιηνός, according to Sophenos and Araxenos.
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Κυρταία, πόλις ἐν τῇ Ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ, εἰς ἣν ὑπερώρισεν Ἀρταξέρξης Μεγάβυζον. Κτησίας τρίτῳ Περσικῶν. τὸ ἐθνικὸν ἐκ τῆς τέχνης Κυρταιανός, ἐκ δὲ τῆς χώρας Κυρταιηνός ὡς Σωφηνός καὶ Ἀραξηνός.
Kyrtaia: a city on the Erythraean Sea, to which Artaxerxes banished Megabyzus. Ctesias, Book 3 of the Persica. The ethnic name, as formed from the craft/occupation, is Kyrtaianos; but as formed from the region/country, Kyrtaiēnos, as (one says) Sōphēnos and Araxēnos.

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.283
char LCS 83 (53.5%) · word LCS 14 (48.3%)
Stephanos
Κυρταία, πόλις ἐν τῇ Ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ, εἰς ἣν ὑπερώρισεν Ἀρταξέρξης Μεγάβυζον. Κτησίας τρίτῳ Περσικῶν. τὸ ἐθνικὸν ἐκ τῆς τέχνης Κυρταιανός, ἐκ δὲ τῆς χώρας Κυρταιηνός ὡς Σωφηνός καὶ Ἀραξηνός.
Herodian
…ὔδοξος δὲ διὰ τοῦ 'θ' φησί. Λυκόφρων (v. 907) «καὶ Κασταναίαν ἀκτέριστον ἐν πέτραις». Κοσσαία μέρος Περσίδος· Στράβων ιϛʹ. ἔστι καὶ Θρᾴκης πολίχνιον. Καρταία πόλις Ἰβηρίας, περὶ ἧς Ἀρτεμίδωρος ἐν δευτέρῳ γεωγραφουμένων. Κυρταία πόλις ἐν τῇ Ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ, εἰς ἣν ὑπερώρισεν Ἀρταξέρξης Μεγάβυζον. Κτησίας τρίτω Περσικῶν. Κυτταία πόλις Κολχική, ἣ καὶ Κύτα. Λυκόφρων (v. 1312) «ὃς εἰς Κυταίαν τὴν Λιβυστίνην μολών». Λιβυσσαία ἀπὸ τοῦ Λίβυσσα. Λιμναία κώμη τοῦ Ἄργους. Θουκυδίδης ( 2, 80). Νυμφαία ἡ νῆσος Καλυψοῦς παρὰ τῷ Ἀδρίᾳ. Ὀρδαία πόλις…

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