Λάμψακος - Stephanos Ethnika

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Λάμψακος, πόλις κατὰ τὴν Προποντίδα, ἀπὸ Λαμψάκης ἐπιχωρίας τινὸς κόρης. ἔστι δὲ Φωκαέων κτίσμα, πάλαι Πιτύουσα λεγομένη, ὡς Δηίοχος ὁ Κυζικηνός. Ἐπαφρόδιτος δὲ Πιτύειαν ὑφ´ Ὁμήρου ταύτην κληθῆναι διὰ τὸ πιτύων ἔχειν πλῆθος, Λαομεδόντειαν καλουμένην. ἔστι δ´ εὔοινος. ὅθεν Θεμιστοκλεῖ παρὰ τοῦ τῶν Περσῶν ἐδόθη βασιλέως εἰς οἶνον. Δημοσθένης δὲ διὰ τὸ εὔοινον καὶ Πριάπου κτίσμα ταύτην φησί, τοῦ υἱοῦ Ἀφροδίτης καὶ Διονύσου. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Λαμψακηνός.

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Text Details

Entry	#34
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 410.16
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-25
Word count	67

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Δηίοχος (Deiochos (the Cyzicene))	FGrHist 471 F 3
Ἐπαφρόδιτος (Epaphroditus)	fr. 24 Braswell = fr. 29 Lünzner
Ὅμηρος (Homer)	Iliad · B 829
Δημοσθένης (Demosthenes)	FGrHist 699 F 16 = fr. 11 Powell

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Λάμψακος	Lampsacus · place · corrected · Q11916869
Προποντίς	Propontis (Sea of Marmara) · place · corrected · Q35367
Λάμψακος	Lampsacus · place · corrected · Q11916869
Φώκαιοι	Phocaeans · people
Πιτυοῦσσα	Pityoussa · place · corrected · Q1128605
Κύζικος	Cyzicus / Cyzicene · place
Πιτύεια	Pityeia · place
Λαομεδόντειος	Laomedontean (place-name) · place
Θεμιστοκλῆς	Themistocles · person
Πέρσαι	Persians · people
Πρίαπος	Priapus · deity · corrected · Q127431070
Ἀφροδίτη	Aphrodite · deity · corrected · Q35500
Διόνυσος	Dionysus · deity · corrected · Q41680
Λαμψακηνός	Lampsacene (demonym) · other
Lampsakos (city on the Propontis)	place · city · Propontis · explicit · wikidata: Q1026657 · candidate

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	From Lampsakis, a certain local maiden (i.e. the town named after a local woman called Lampsake).
Morphological Composition	formerly called Pityoussa (literally 'piney' or 'abounding in pines').
Morphological Composition	Called Pityeia by Homer because it has a multitude of pines.
Eponym Person	Called Laomedonteian (i.e. named after Laomedon).
Folk Etymology Narrative	He says that because of its good wine it is a foundation of Priapus, son of Aphrodite and Dionysus (mythical/folk founding explanation).

Links

Place links	Lampsacus \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1067.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:7163e35f4bd326d9	Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	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 · 2 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.149

char LCS 60 (16.3%) · word LCS 10 (15.2%)

Stephanos

Λάμψακος, πόλις κατὰ τὴν Προποντίδα, ἀπὸ Λαμψάκης ἐπιχωρίας τινὸς κόρης. ἔστι δὲ Φωκαέων κτίσμα, πάλαι Πιτύουσα λεγομένη, ὡς Δηίοχος ὁ Κυζικηνός. Ἐπαφρόδιτος δὲ Πιτύειαν ὑφ´ Ὁμήρου ταύτην κληθῆναι διὰ τὸ πιτύων ἔχειν πλῆθος, Λαομεδόντειαν καλουμένην. ἔστι δ´ εὔοινος. ὅθεν Θεμιστοκλεῖ παρὰ τ…

Herodian

… Ἀρριανὸς ἐν Βιθυνιακοῖς ἱστορεῖ. ἔστι καὶ Ἀκαρνανίας πόλις—καὶ Ναννακός καὶ Θημακός δῆμος τῆς Ἐρεχθηΐδος φυλῆς. * Τὰ εἰς 'ακος' λήγοντα τρισύλλαβα, τὴν πρώτην συλλαβὴν εἰς ἀμετάβολον καταλήγουσαν ἔχοντα προπαροξύνεται, Λάμψακος πόλις κατὰ τὴν Προποντίδα ἀπὸ Λαμψάκης, ἐπιχωρίας τινὸς κόρης. Ῥύνδακος πόλις καὶ ποταμὸς μεταξὺ Φρυγίας καὶ Ἑλλησπόντου «Ῥύνδακον ἀμφὶ βαθύσχοινον». λέγεται καὶ Ῥύνδαξ. Ὕρτακος ἥρως καὶ πόλις Κρήτης. Σπάρτακος πόλις Θρᾴκης. Ἐρατοσθένης ἐν Γαλατικῶν δευτέρῳ. Φάρνακος, Ἄρτακος ἔθνο…