Μάκιστος

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Μάκιστος, πόλις τῆς Τριφυλίας, ἣν ᾤκησαν Καύκωνες, ἀπὸ Μακίστου τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ Φρίξου, ἀφ´ οὗ καὶ ἡ Φρίξα πόλις, ἐπ´ ὄρους ὑψηλοῦ κειμένη πρὸς ἕω τῆς Λεπρεατικῆς. ὁ πολίτης Μακιστεύς. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μακίστιος καὶ Μακιστία. εὕρηται καὶ Μακέστιος διὰ τοῦ « ε » ψιλοῦ.

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Text Details

Entry#26
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 428.11 · Billerbeck Μ26
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-27
Word count41

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΜάκιστοςMakistos (Macistus) · place · corrected · Q18224132
ΤριφυλίαTriphylia · place · corrected · Q472032
ΚαύκωνεςCaucones (Kaukones) · people
ΜάκιστοςMakistos · person · corrected · Q18224132
ΦρίξοςPhrixus · person
ΦρίξαPhrixa · place · corrected · Q5505071
ΛέπρεαLeprea (region of Lepreatai) · place
ΜακιστεύςMakisteus (a citizen of Makistos) · person
ΜακίστιοςMakistios (ethnic/demonym) · people
ΜακιστίαMakistia (ethnic/demonym, fem.) · people
ΜακέστιοςMakestios (variant ethnicon) · people
Μάκιστοςplace · explicit · wikidata: Q111086985 · seeded_headword_alignment
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym Person(named) from Makistos, the brother of Phrixus
Eponym Personfrom whom (Phrixus) also the city Phrixa (is named)
Morphological Compositionthe form Μακέστιος is also found, by insertion/through the (letter) epsilon

Links

Place linksAthena temple of Skillountia | 📍 Map | Pleiades
Page scanse9783110219630_i1239.jpg
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Last updated: 2026-05-28 10:50:27 UTC