Μακροκέφαλοι - Stephanos Ethnika

Μακροκέφαλοι OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

people

Entry #30
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 429.1 | Billerbeck: Μ30
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-27
Word count: 11
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἡσίοδος (Hesiod) fr. 153 Merkelbach/West = fr. 101 Most, Merkelbach/West (Merkelbach & West (editors)), Most (Most (editor))
Entities: Μακροκέφαλοι (Macrokephali (Long-headed ones)) [people], Κόλχοι (Colchians) [people], Ἡμίκυνες (Hemikynes (Hemikunes)) [people], Πυγμαῖοι (Pygmies) [people]
Etymologies: Morphological Composition: The name 'Μακροκέφαλοι' = 'Long-headed' (formed from μακρό- 'long' + κεφαλή 'head').
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Μακροκέφαλοι, πρὸς τοῖς Κόλχοις. “οἱ γὰρ Ἡμίκυνες καὶ Μακροκέφαλοι καὶ Πυγμαῖοι ...”.

Makrokephaloi (“Long-headed people”): among/near the Kolchoi. “For the Hemikynes and the Makrokephaloi and the Pygmaioi …” <***>.

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