Λύκαια - Stephanos Ethnika

Λύκαια OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Λύκαια, πόλις Ἀρκαδίας. Θεόπομπος πεντηκοστῷ ἕκτῳ. παρὰ δὲ Μενελάῳ Λύκαιθα μετὰ τοῦ « θ ». ὁ οἰκήτωρ Λυκαῖος. [καὶ Λύκειον τὸ γυμνάσιον καὶ Λύκειος ὁ Ἀπόλλων.]

Lykaia: a city of Arkadia. Theopompos in the fifty-sixth. But in Menelaos Lykaitha with the 'th'. The inhabitant Lykaios. [And Lykeion the gymnasium and Lykeios Apollo.]

External translation supplied by Brady Kiesling; reported Claude Fable 5.5 translation. Credit: Brady Kiesling and the Stephanos project (Greg Baker, Gabriel Jower, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling). Not individually verified; exact Greek input not supplied.

Text Details

Entry	#95
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 420.13
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-26
Word count	23

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Θεόπομπος (Theopompus)	FGrHist 115 F 244
Μενέλαος (Menelaus)	FGrHist 384 F 5

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Λύκαια	Lycaea (Lykaia) · place · corrected · Q11934312
Ἀρκαδία	Arcadia · place · corrected · Q12898802
Λύκαιθα	Lykaitha · place
Λυκαῖος	Lycaeus / Lykaeus · deity
Λύκειον	Lyceion (Lyceum) · place · corrected · Q1160664
Λύκειος	Lycean / Lycaean (epithet) · deity
Ἀπόλλων	Apollo · deity · corrected · Q37340
Lykaia in Arcadia	place · city · Arcadia · explicit · wikidata: Q11934313 · candidate

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	'the inhabitant Lykaios' (an eponymous inhabitant or founder named Lykaios)
Unclear Metalinguistic	'according to Menelaus ... Lykai(th)a' (a variant name reported by Menelaus)
Morphological Composition	'and Lykeion the gymnasium and Lykeios (Apollo)' (derivative forms/epithet formed from the place-name)

Links

Place links	Lycoa \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1174.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (NUMERAL) formula:a0ca4574d7d0ffdb	Translate as "X, book Y" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 DERIVED NOUN) + παρά + τό + Y (ETYMON) formula:e1b19e84652cc7be	Translate as "X is deriving/derives from the form '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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.272

char LCS 70 (56.5%) · word LCS 13 (54.2%)

Stephanos

Λύκαια, πόλις Ἀρκαδίας. Θεόπομπος πεντηκοστῷ ἕκτῳ. παρὰ δὲ Μενελάῳ Λύκαιθα μετὰ τοῦ « θ ». ὁ οἰκήτωρ Λυκαῖος. [καὶ Λύκειον τὸ γυμνάσιον καὶ Λύκειος ὁ Ἀπόλλων.]

Herodian

…σαν ἑτοίμῳ. καὶ ἄλλοι οὕτως. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Ἀρκαδίας, ἣ ἐλέγετο Σολογοργός. Ἡραία δὲ καλεῖται ἡ ἐλάττων τῶν τριῶν πόλεων Σικελίας, αἳ Ὕβλαι λέγονται. Κάθαια πόλις Ἰνδική. Κυναίθαια πόλις Ἀρκαδίας, ἣ καὶ Κύναιθα λέγεται. Λύκαια πόλις Ἀρκαδίας. Θεόπομπος πεντηκοστῷ ἕκτῳ. παρὰ δὲ Μενελάῳ Λύκαιθα μετὰ τοῦ 'θ'. Μάργαια πόλις Ἠλείας. Μελίταια πόλις Θεσσαλίας. Ἀλέξανδρος Ἀσίᾳ. Θεόπομπος δὲ Μελίτειαν αὐτήν φησιν. καὶ Μελίτεια Φίλων γράφει. Νίναια πόλις Οἰνωτρῶν. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Νίσαια ἐπίνειον Μεγαρίδος. καὶ αὐτὴ ἡ Μεγαρίς. ἀπ…