Λίνδος

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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city
Λίνδος, πόλις ἐν Ῥόδῳ, [κτίσμα Λίνδου,] τοῦ Κερκάφου, τοῦ Ἡλίου καὶ Κυδίππης, τῆς Ὀχίμου θυγατρός. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Λίνδιος. [ἔστι καὶ Σικελίας πόλις Λίνδος.]

Lindos: a city in Rhodes, the son of Kerkaphos, the son of Helios and Kydippe, the daughter of Ochimos. The ethnonym Lindios.

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#73
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 417.19
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-27
Word count18

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΛίνδοςLindos · place
ῬόδοςRhodes · place · corrected · Q13533316
ΛίνδοςLindos · place
ΚέρκαφοςKerkaphos · person
ἭλιοςHelios · deity
ΚυδίππηKydippe · person
ὌχιμοςOchimos · person
ΛίνδιοςLindian (ethnic name) · people
Λίνδοςplace · explicit · wikidata: Q65122097 · seeded_headword_alignment
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym PersonFrom Lindus, son of Kerkaphos, who was (son) of Helios and Cydippe, daughter of Ochimos (i.e. the city is named after the eponymous Lindus).

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (nominative PROPER NOUN) + X (genitive PROPER NOUN)
formula:276bf314e3ad9973
Translate as "X, X"
Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (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
Formulaτὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM)
formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3
Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Glossἐθνικόν τό
gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a
ethnonym
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossἐν Ῥόδῳ
gloss:f2adc7e96d46148c
on Rhodes
Domain: MEASUREMENT & SPACE
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossκτίσμα τό
gloss:fb49af0b4b56155e
foundation
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.142
char LCS 76 (64.4%) · word LCS 15 (65.2%)
Stephanos
Λίνδος, πόλις ἐν Ῥόδῳ, [κτίσμα Λίνδου,] τοῦ Κερκάφου, τοῦ Ἡλίου καὶ Κυδίππης, τῆς Ὀχίμου θυγατρός. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Λίνδιος. [ἔστι καὶ Σικελίας πόλις Λίνδος.]
Herodian
…βαρύνεται, Σόγδος ὁ οἰκήτωρ Σογδιανῆς. λέγεται καὶ Σόγδιος. ῥάβδος. ἄσδος στήλη λιθίνη, λύγδος, Ῥύβδος φρούριον Σικελίας. Τὰ εἰς 'δος' δισύλλαβα ἔχοντα πρὸ τοῦ 'δ' σύμφωνον κατὰ διάστασιν βαρύνεται, εἰ μὴ ἐπιθετικὰ εἴη, Λίνδος πόλις ἐν Ῥόδῳ κτίσμα Λίνδου τοῦ Κερκάφου, τοῦ Ἡλίου καὶ Κυδίππης, τῆς Ὀχίμου θυγατρός. ἔστι καὶ Σικελίας πόλις Λίνδος. Σίνδος ἔθνος ἀπὸ μεσημβρίας τῆς Μαιώτιδος λίμνης. τινὲς δὲ ὀξυτονοῦσιν, οὐκ εὖ, Πίνδος, νάρδος, μάρδος αὐλοῦ εἶδος καὶ ἔθνος Ὑρκάνιον. Ἀπολλόδωρος περὶ γῆς δευτέρῳ. πάρδος. Σάρδος πόλις …

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