Λυσιμάχεια - Stephanos Ethnika

Λυσιμάχεια OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Λυσιμάχεια, πόλις τῆς Θρᾴκης χερρονήσου, ἡ πρότερον Καρδία· ὁ πολίτης Λυσιμαχεύς. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Αἰτωλίας.

Lysimacheia: a city of the Thracian Chersonese, formerly Kardia; the citizen Lysimacheus. There is also a city of Aitolia.

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	#114
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 423.10
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-26
Word count	15

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Λυσιμάχεια	Lysimachea · place · corrected · Q517690
Θρᾴκη	Thrace · place · corrected · Q41741
Καρδία	Cardia · place · corrected · Q965581
Λυσιμαχεύς	Lysimacheus · person
Αἰτωλία	Aetolia · place · corrected · Q26857
Lysimacheia in the Thracian Chersonese	place · city · Thrace, Chersonese · explicit · unresolved
Lysimacheia in Aetolia	place · city · Aetolia · explicit · wikidata: Q11931997 · candidate

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	The city is called Lysimacheia; the citizen (demonym) is 'Lysimacheus' (implying an eponymous association with a person named Lysimachus).
Place Transfer	(It was) formerly Kardia — the city previously bore the name Kardia.

Links

Place links	Lysimachia \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1191.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 · 2 scan rows · 4 occurrences
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 · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC) formula:9b2896a329a36c7e	Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Gloss	πολίτης ὁ gloss:1c7dda400d7265cb	citizen Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	χερσόνησος (χερρόνησος) ἡ gloss:06a2cd955f7fdcc9	peninsula Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS	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 1.279

char LCS 49 (56.3%) · word LCS 8 (53.3%)

Stephanos

Λυσιμάχεια, πόλις τῆς Θρᾴκης χερρονήσου, ἡ πρότερον Καρδία· ὁ πολίτης Λυσιμαχεύς. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Αἰτωλίας.

Herodian

…νην. Λαοδαμάντεια νῆσος ἐν Λιβύῃ. Ἀρτεμίδωρος. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ Λαομεδόντεια ἴσως ἀπὸ Λαομέδοντος τοῦ Τρωός. Λιρνύτεια πόλις Παμφυλίας. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. Λυκώρεια κώμη ἐν Δελφοῖς. Καλλίμαχος ἐν τρίτῳ. ἀπὸ Λυκωρέως τοῦ βασιλέως. Λυσιμάχεια πόλις τῆς Θρᾴκης χερρονήσου ἡ πρότερον Καρδία. Μακύνεια πόλις Αἰτωλίας. Στράβων δεκάτῃ. Μάρεια πόλις καὶ λίμνη τῇ Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ παρακειμένη, ἣ καὶ Μαρεῶτις λέγεται. Μελάμπεια πόλις Λυδίας ἀπὸ Μελάμπου, ὡς Ξάνθος ἐν Λυδιακοῖς. Μίδεια πόλις ἐν Ἄργει ἀπὸ Μιδείας τῆς Ἀλω…