Μακροκέφαλοι - Stephanos Ethnika

Μακροκέφαλοι OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Μακροκέφαλοι, πρὸς τοῖς Κόλχοις. “οἱ γὰρ Ἡμίκυνες καὶ Μακροκέφαλοι καὶ Πυγμαῖοι ...”.

Makrokephaloi: near the Kolchoi. ‘For the Hemikynes and Makrokephaloi and Pygmaioi <***>’.

Entry	#30
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 429.1 · Billerbeck Μ30
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-27
Word count	11
AI translation	legacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.2

Author	Work / Citation
Ἡσίοδος (Hesiod)	fr. 153 Merkelbach/West = fr. 101 Most
Merkelbach/West (Merkelbach & West (editors))	—
Most (Most (editor))	—

Entity	Details
Μακροκέφαλοι	Macrokephali (Long-headed ones) · people
Κόλχοι	Colchians · people
Ἡμίκυνες	Hemikynes (Hemikunes) · people
Πυγμαῖοι	Pygmies · people

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	The name 'Μακροκέφαλοι' = 'Long-headed' (formed from μακρό- 'long' + κεφαλή 'head').

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