Λάμψακος

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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 textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 410.16
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-25
Word count67

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / 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
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΛάμψακοςLampsacus · place · corrected · Q11916869
ΠροποντίςPropontis (Sea of Marmara) · place · corrected · Q35367
ΛάμψακοςLampsacus · place · corrected · Q11916869
ΦώκαιοιPhocaeans · people
ΠιτυοῦσσαPityoussa · place · corrected · Q1128605
ΚύζικοςCyzicus / Cyzicene · place
ΠιτύειαPityeia · place
ΛαομεδόντειοςLaomedontean (place-name) · place
ΘεμιστοκλῆςThemistocles · person
ΠέρσαιPersians · people
ΠρίαποςPriapus · deity · corrected · Q127431070
ἈφροδίτηAphrodite · deity · corrected · Q35500
ΔιόνυσοςDionysus · deity · corrected · Q41680
ΛαμψακηνόςLampsacene (demonym) · other
Lampsakos (city on the Propontis)place · city · Propontis · explicit · wikidata: Q1026657 · candidate
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym PersonFrom Lampsakis, a certain local maiden (i.e. the town named after a local woman called Lampsake).
Morphological Compositionformerly called Pityoussa (literally 'piney' or 'abounding in pines').
Morphological CompositionCalled Pityeia by Homer because it has a multitude of pines.
Eponym PersonCalled Laomedonteian (i.e. named after Laomedon).
Folk Etymology NarrativeHe says that because of its good wine it is a foundation of Priapus, son of Aphrodite and Dionysus (mythical/folk founding explanation).

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (nominative AUTHOR NAME)... + ὡς αὐτός
formula:4caae33810f40dfa
Translate as "X... as per X."
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON)
formula:4e7b910409d678a8
Translate as "'X' is from Y"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH)
formula:1bb0974b95264dde
Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaτὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM)
formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3
Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formulaὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME)
formula:d915b1886270056c
Translate as "as per X"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formulaὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME)
formula:f22af8012162d222
Translate as 'as per X, in book Y of his *Z*'
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaὡς + 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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Glossἐθνικόν τό
gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a
ethnonym
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossἐπιχώριος -α -ον (κατὰ τὸν ἐπιχώριον)
gloss:a5a8d4938aac5b47
local (in the local form)
Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossκαλεῖται/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
Glossκτίσμα τό
gloss:fb49af0b4b56155e
foundation
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
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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…

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