Λαοδίκεια - Stephanos Ethnika

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Λαοδίκεια, πόλις τῆς Συρίας, ἡ πρότερον Λευκὴ ἀκτή λεγομένη καὶ πρὸ τούτου Ῥάμιθα κεραυνωθεὶς γάρ τις ἐν αὐτῇ ποιμὴν ἔλεγε “ῥαμάνθας”, τουτέστιν ἀφ´ ὕψους ὁ θεός· ῥάμαν γὰρ τὸ ὕψος, ἄθας δὲ ὁ θεός. οὕτως Φίλων. λέγεται δὲ ἀπὸ Λαοδίκης τῆς μητρὸς Σελεύκου τοῦ Νικάτορος. ἔστι δ´ εὐοινοτάτη καὶ πάσης εὐκαρπίας ἀνάμεστος. ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἑτέρα Λυδίας, Ἀντιόχου κτίσμα τοῦ παιδὸς τῆς Στρατονίκης· τῇ γὰρ γυναικὶ αὐτοῦ ὄνομα Λαοδίκη. Διὸς μήνυμα δι´ Ἑρμοῦ, ὄναρ διὰ χρησμοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος Ἀντιόχῳ βασιλῆι τάδε χρᾷ Φοῖβος Ἀπόλλων, κτιζέμεναι πτολίεθρον ἀγακλεές, ὡς ἐκέλευσεν Ζεὺς ὑψιβρεμέτης, πέμψας ἐριούνιον Ἑρμῆν. ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἄλλη Λυκαονίας. καὶ Μηδίας ἑτέρα.

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Text Details

Entry	#37
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 411.7
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-25
Word count	99

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Φίλων (Philo)	FGrHist 790 F 41
App. Anth. (Appendix Anthologiae (Anthology))	App. Anth. VI 95

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Λαοδίκεια	Laodicea · place · corrected · Q184176
Συρία	Syria · place · corrected · Q13415123
Λευκή ἀκτή	White Shore · place
Ῥάμιθα	Ramitha · place
Λαοδίκη	Laodice · person
Σελεύκος	Seleucus · person
Νικάτωρ	Nicator · other
Λυδία	Lydia · place · corrected · Q620765
Ἀντίοχος	Antiochus · person
Στρατονίκη	Stratonice · person
Ζεύς	Zeus · deity · corrected · Q34201
Ἑρμῆς	Hermes · deity · corrected · Q41484
Ἀπόλλων	Apollo · deity · corrected · Q37340
Φοῖβος	Phoebus · deity
Λυκαονία	Lycaonia · place · corrected · Q622598
Μηδία	Media · place · corrected · Q3853673
Laodikeia in Syria	place · city · Syria · explicit · unresolved
Laodikeia in Lydia	place · city · Lydia · explicit · unresolved
Laodikeia in Lykaonia	place · city · Lykaonia · explicit · unresolved
Laodikeia in Media	place · city · Media · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	formerly called 'White Coast' (Leuke Aktê).
Folk Etymology Narrative	Previously 'Ramitha'. For a shepherd struck by lightning in it cried 'rhamánthas', that is 'the god is from above'; 'rhaman' means the height and 'athas' the god. Thus Philo.
Eponym Person	It is said to be from Laodike, the mother of Seleucus Nicator (i.e., named after her).
Eponym Person	There is another in Lydia, a foundation of Antiochus (son of Stratonike); for his wife's name was Laodike (i.e., named for her).

Links

Place links	Laodicea \| 📍 Map
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1068.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:439629f16cfaba3f	Translate as "Y is from 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (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
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + X (genitive PROPER NOUN) formula:276bf314e3ad9973	Translate as "X, X" Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "a X of the Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS 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 · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.275

char LCS 67 (12.8%) · word LCS 13 (12.9%)

Stephanos

Λαοδίκεια, πόλις τῆς Συρίας, ἡ πρότερον Λευκὴ ἀκτή λεγομένη καὶ πρὸ τούτου Ῥάμιθα κεραυνωθεὶς γάρ τις ἐν αὐτῇ ποιμὴν ἔλεγε “ῥαμάνθας”, τουτέστιν ἀφ´ ὕψους ὁ θεός· ῥάμαν γὰρ τὸ ὕψος, ἄθας δὲ ὁ θεός. οὕτως Φίλων. λέγεται δὲ ἀπὸ Λαοδίκης τῆς μητρὸς Σελεύκου τοῦ Νικάτορος. ἔστι δ´ εὐοινοτάτη καὶ πάσης εὐ…

Herodian

…ς Ἑλλάνικος πρώτῳ Δευκαλιωνείας. ἔστι δὲ καὶ Ἀγάθεια πόλις Λιγύων ἢ Κελτῶν, παραγωγὴ τῆς Ἀγάθης ὡς Βερενίκεια καὶ Θεσσαλονίκεια. Ἰόπεια πόλις Φοινίκης, ἣ καὶ Ἰόπη. λέγεται καὶ Ἰοπία διὰ τοῦ 'ι' καὶ ἴσως ἐκ τοῦ Αἰθιοπία. Λαοδίκεια πόλις τῆς Συρίας ἡ πρότερον Λευκὴ ἀκτὴ λεγομένη καὶ πρὸ τούτου Ῥάμιθα, ὡς Φίλων. ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα Λυδίας· ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἄλλη Λυκαονίας. καὶ Μηδίας ἑτέρα. λέγεται δὲ κατὰ παραγωγὴν ἐκ τῆς Λαοδίκης ὡς Ἀπάμη Ἀπάμεια Συρίας πόλις ἀπὸ Ἀπάμας τῆς Σελεύκου μητρός. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη ἐν τῇ Μεσηνῶν γῇ «τῷ …