Ἀνθηδών - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ἀνθηδών, πόλις Βοιωτίας. Ὅμηρος “Ἀνθηδόνα τ´ ἐσχατόωσαν”. ἀπὸ Ἀνθηδόνος τοῦ Δίου τοῦ Ἄνθου τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος καὶ Ἀλκυόνης τῆς Ἄτλαντος. συνῴκισαν δ´ αὐτὴν Θρᾷκες, ὡς Λυκόφρων “ἀστῷ σύνοικος Θρῃκίας Ἀνθηδόνος”. ἢ διὰ τὸ πασῶν ἀνθηροτάτην εἶναι. ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα πόλις πλησίον Γάζης πρὸς τῷ παραλίῳ μέρει. ὁ πολίτης τῆς προτέρας Ἀνθηδόνιος. ἔστι καὶ λιμὴν Ἀνθηδόνιος. “ἀνηγορεύθη Νίκων παγκρατιαστὴς Ἀνθηδόνιος”. καὶ Λεωνίδης ζωγράφος, Εὐφράνορος μαθητής, Ἀνθηδόνιος. τῆς δευτέρας ὁ πολίτης Ἀνθηδονίτης.

Anthedon: a city of Boiotia. Homer: "and Anthedon on the border". From Anthedon the son of Dios the son of Anthos the son of Poseidon and Alkyone daughter of Atlas. Thracians settled it, as Lykophron: "fellow-dweller with the townsman of Thracian Anthedon". Or because it is the most flowery of all. There is also another city near Gaza toward the coastal part. The citizen of the former Anthedonios. There is also a harbour Anthedonios. "Nikon the pankratiast, Anthedonian, was proclaimed". And Leonides the painter, pupil of Euphranor, Anthedonian. The citizen of the second Anthedonites.

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	#319
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 96.11
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-03
Word count	69

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:439629f16cfaba3f	Translate as "Y is from 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 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 PROPER NOUN) + X (genitive PROPER NOUN) formula:276bf314e3ad9973	Translate as "X, X" Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN)... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ARTICLE + genitive ETYMON) formula:8856d9e4780f3c74	Translate as "X... from the form 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in '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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X... πλησίον + Y. (genitive) formula:3d243d130e764a8b	Translate as "X... near Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X... + πρός + Y (dative) formula:1a524ea80fe79519	Translate as "X... near Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.26

char LCS 145 (35.8%) · word LCS 28 (40.6%)

Stephanos

Ἀνθηδών, πόλις Βοιωτίας. Ὅμηρος “Ἀνθηδόνα τ´ ἐσχατόωσαν”. ἀπὸ Ἀνθηδόνος τοῦ Δίου τοῦ Ἄνθου τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος καὶ Ἀλκυόνης τῆς Ἄτλαντος. συνῴκισαν δ´ αὐτὴν Θρᾷκες, ὡς Λυκόφρων “ἀστῷ σύνοικος Θρῃκίας Ἀνθηδόνος”. ἢ διὰ τὸ πασῶν ἀνθηροτάτην εἶναι. ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα πόλις πλησίον Γάζης πρὸς τῷ παραλίῳ μέρει. ὁ πολίτης τῆς προτέρας Ἀνθηδόνιος. ἔστι καὶ λιμὴν Ἀνθηδόνιος. “ἀνηγορεύθη Νίκων παγκρατιαστὴς Ἀνθηδόνιος”. καὶ Λεωνίδης ζωγράφος, Εὐφράνορος μαθητής, Ἀνθηδόνιος. τῆς δευτέρας ὁ πολίτης Ἀνθηδονίτης.

Herodian

… ἕως τοῦ Ἀκρίτου στάδια ξʹ». γράφεται καὶ Καλχηδών. εὑρίσκομεν γὰρ διφορουμένην τὴν χρῆσιν. Ἀνθηδών πόλις Βοιωτίας. Ὅμηρος «Ἀνθηδόνα τ´ ἐσχατόωσαν» (Il. 2, 508) ἀπὸ Ἀνθηδόνος τοῦ Δίου τοῦ Ἄνθου τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος καὶ Ἀλκυόνος τῆς Ἄτλαντος. συνῴκισαν δ´ αὐτὴν Θρᾷκες, ὡς Λυκόφρων «ἀστῷ σύνοικος Θρῃκίας Ἀνθηδόνος» (v. 754) ἢ διὰ τὸ πασῶν ἀνθηροτάτην εἶναι. ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα πόλις πλησίον Γάζης πρὸς τῷ παραλίῳ μέρει. Ἀσπληδών, πόλις Φωκίδος. Παυσανίας ἐνάτῳ (c. 38, 9)· ἀπὸ Ἀσπληδόνος υἱοῦ νύμφης Μιδείας καὶ Ποσειδῶνος ἢ Πρέσβωνος ἢ Ὀρχομενοῦ. Ὀρχομενοῦ γὰρ υἱεῖς «Ἀσπληδών Κλύμενός τε καὶ Ἀμφίδοκος θεοειδής» (Hesiod. fr. 47 Marksche…