Ἀπάμεια - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ἀπάμεια, Συρίας πόλις, ἀπὸ Ἀπάμας τῆς Σελεύκου μητρός. ἐκλήθη καὶ Χερρόνησος ἀπὸ τῆς περιοχῆς τῶν ὑδάτων, καὶ Πέλλα ἀπὸ τῆς ἐν Μακεδονίᾳ. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη ἐν τῇ Μεσηνῶν γῇ “τῷ Πίγρητι περιεχομένη, ἐν ᾗ σχίζεται ὁ Πίγρης ποταμός, καὶ ἐν μὲν τῇ δεξιᾷ μοίρᾳ περιέρχεται ποταμὸς Σέλλας, ἐν δὲ τῇ ἀριστερᾷ Πίγρης, ὁμώνυμος τῷ μεγάλῳ”. τὰ ἐθνικὰ Χερρονησίτης καὶ Πελλαῖος καὶ Ἀπαμεύς. ἔστι καὶ τῆς μικρᾶς Φρυγίας, ἥ τις ἐκαλεῖτο Κελαιναί. τὰ ἐθνικὰ Κελαινίτης [καὶ] Ἀπαμεύς. ἔστι καὶ Βιθυνίας, κτίσμα Νικομήδους τοῦ Ἐπιφανοῦς, ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ πρῶτον Μύρλεια. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μυρλεανός. ἔστι καὶ τῆς Περσαίας, Ἐδέσσης πρὸς ἄρκτους.

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Text Details

Entry	#351
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 103.3
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-03
Word count	96

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 (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	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	καλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται/ἐκλήθη (ἀπο...) gloss:ef7a95cd709173ed	is/used to be/is/was called/named after (+ ἀπο) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 3 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.275

char LCS 149 (30.3%) · word LCS 33 (34.0%)

Stephanos

Ἀπάμεια, Συρίας πόλις, ἀπὸ Ἀπάμας τῆς Σελεύκου μητρός. ἐκλήθη καὶ Χερρόνησος ἀπὸ τῆς περιοχῆς τῶν ὑδάτων, καὶ Πέλλα ἀπὸ τῆς ἐν Μακεδονίᾳ. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη ἐν τῇ Μεσηνῶν γῇ “τῷ Πίγρητι περιεχομένη, ἐν ᾗ σχίζεται ὁ Πίγρης ποταμός, καὶ ἐν μὲν τῇ δεξιᾷ μοίρᾳ περιέρχεται ποταμὸς Σέλλας, ἐν δὲ τῇ ἀριστερᾷ Πίγρης, ὁμώνυμος τῷ μεγάλῳ”. τὰ ἐθνικὰ Χερρονησίτης καὶ Πελλαῖος καὶ Ἀπαμεύς. ἔστι καὶ τῆς μικρᾶς Φρυγίας, ἥ τις ἐκαλεῖτο Κελαιναί. τὰ ἐθνικὰ Κελαινίτης [καὶ] Ἀπαμεύς. ἔστι καὶ Βιθυνίας, κτίσμα Νικομήδους τοῦ Ἐπιφανοῦς, ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ πρῶτον Μύρλεια…

Herodian

…ἀκτὴ λεγομένη καὶ πρὸ τούτου Ῥάμιθα, ὡς Φίλων. ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα Λυδίας· ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἄλλη Λυκαονίας. καὶ Μηδίας ἑτέρα. λέγεται δὲ κατὰ παραγωγὴν ἐκ τῆς Λαοδίκης ὡς Ἀπάμη Ἀπάμεια Συρίας πόλις ἀπὸ Ἀπάμας τῆς Σελεύκου μητρός. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη ἐν τῇ Μεσηνῶν γῇ «τῷ Πίγρητι περιεχομένη, ἐν ᾗ σχίζεται ὁ Πίγρης ποταμός, καὶ ἐν μὲν τῇ δεξιᾷ μοίρᾳ περιέρχεται ποταμὸς Σέλλας, ἐν δὲ τῇ ἀριστερᾷ Πίγρης, ὁμώνυμος τῷ μεγάλῳ». ἔστι καὶ τῆς μικρᾶς Φρυγίας, ἥτις ἐκαλεῖτο Κελαιναί. ἔστι καὶ Βιθυνίας, κτίσμα Νικομήδους τοῦ Ἐπιφανοῦς, ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ πρῶτον Μύρλεια. ἔστι καὶ τῆς Περσαίας, Ἐδέσσης πρὸς ἄρκτους. Εὐρώπη Εὐρώπεια. Σκάρφεια πόλις Λοκρίδο…