Λύρκειον

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Λύρκειον OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
mountain
Λύρκειον, ὄρος Ἄργους. Καλλίμαχος Ἑκάλῃ. τὸ τοπικὸν “Λυρκήιον ὕδωρ”, καὶ Λυρκήιος τὸ ἀρσενικόν, καὶ Λύρκειος ὡς Ῥοίτειος.

Lyrkeion: a mountain of Argos. Kallimachos in his Hekale. The locative: 'Lyrkeion water', and 'Lyrkeios' is the masculine, and 'Lyrkeios'.

Text Details

Entry#111
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 423.1 · Billerbeck Λ111
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-26
Word count17
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Καλλίμαχος (Callimachus)Ἑκάλη · fr. 95 Hollis = fr. 307 Pfeiffer
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΛυρκείονLyrkeion (Mount Lyrkeion) · place
ἌργοςArgos · place
ΛυρκείονLyrkeion (local form) · place
ΛυρκείοςLyrkeios (masculine form/epithet) · other
ΛυρκείοςLyrkeios · other
ῬοιτεῖονRhoiteion (Rhoiteios) · place
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Unclear Metalinguisticthe local (topical) form 'Lyrkeion hydor' ('Lyrkeian water')
Unclear Metalinguisticand 'Lyrkeios' as the masculine form
Unclear Metalinguisticand 'Lyrkeios' formed/used like 'Rhoiteios'

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Herodian overlaps

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