Λαπέρσα - Stephanos Ethnika

Λαπέρσα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

mountain

Entry #40
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 412.3 | Billerbeck: Λ40
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-26
Word count: 17
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ῥιανός (Rhianos) FGrHist 265 F 7 = fr. 21 Powell [Ἠλιακῶν]
Entities: Λαπέρσα (Lapersa) [place], Λακωνική (Laconia) [place], Λαπερσαῖοι (Lapersans (inhabitants of Lapersa)) [people], Διόσκουροι (Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux)) [deity], Λαπερσαῖος (Lapersaian (ethnic)) [people]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: Derived from the Lapersoi (the Dioscuri).
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Λαπέρσα, θηλυκῶς, ὄρος Λακωνικῆς, οὗ μέμνηται Ῥιανὸς ἐν Ἠλιακῶν πρώτῳ. ἀπὸ τῶν Λαπερσῶν Διοσκούρων. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Λαπερσαῖος.

Lapersa: feminine; a mountain of Laconia, mentioned by Rhianus in the first book of the Heliaca. [So called] from the Dioscuri ‘Lapersae’. The ethnic is Lapersaios.

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