Λυρνησσός

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Λυρνησσός, πόλις Τρωική, μία τῶν ἕνδεκα τῶν ἐν τῇ Τρῳάδι. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Λυρνήσσιος. Αἰσχύλος δὲ Πέρσαις ὡς ἀπὸ τοῦ Λύρνα ἢ Λύρνη Λυρναῖος.

Lyrnessos: a city of Troy, one of the eleven in the Troad. The ethnonym is 'Lyrnessios'. Aischylos too, in the Persians, has 'Lyrnaios' as from Lyrna or Lyrne.

Text Details

Entry#113
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 423.7 · Billerbeck Λ113
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-26
Word count23
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Αἰσχύλος (Aeschylus)Πέρσαις · (324)
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΛυρνήσσοςLyrnessos (Lyrnessus) · place
Τρῳάςthe Troad · place
ΛυρνήσσιοςLyrnessian (ethnic) · people
ΛύρναLyrna · place
ΛύρνηLyrne · place
ΛυρναῖοςLyrnaios (ethnic) · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Place TransferAeschylus (Persians 324) says (the ethnicon) is from Lyrna or Lyrne (i.e., derived from the place-name Lyrna/Lyrne).

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Herodian overlaps

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