Μαλόεις

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Μαλόεις OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
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Entry #41
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 430.6 | Billerbeck: Μ41
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-27
Word count: 20
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἑλλάνικος (Hellanikos) FGrHist 4 F 33 = fr. 33 Fowler [Λεσβικῶν]
Entities: Μαλόεις (Maloeis) [place], Ἀπόλλων (Apollo) [deity], Λέσβος (Lesbos) [place], Μάντω (Manto) [person]
Etymologies: Folk Etymology Narrative: from the apple of Manto, according to Hellanikos in his Lesbika
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Μαλόεις, Ἀπόλλων ἐν Λέσβῳ, καὶ ὁ τόπος τοῦ ἱεροῦ Μαλόεις ἀπὸ τοῦ Μήλου τῆς Μαντοῦς, ὡς Ἑλλάνικος ἐν Λεσβικῶν πρώτῳ.
Maloeis: an epithet/name of Apollo on Lesbos, and (also) the site of the sanctuary (called) Maloeis. (So named) from the apple of Mantô, as Hellanikos says in Book 1 of the *Lesbiaka*.

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.239
char LCS 48 (52.2%) · word LCS 11 (55.0%)
Stephanos
Μαλόεις, Ἀπόλλων ἐν Λέσβῳ, καὶ ὁ τόπος τοῦ ἱεροῦ Μαλόεις ἀπὸ τοῦ Μήλου τῆς Μαντοῦς, ὡς Ἑλλάνικος ἐν Λεσβικῶν πρώτῳ.
Herodian
…ν ὅτι ταυροφόρος ἦν ἡ ναῦς ἡ διακομίσασα τοὺς τὴν πόλιν κτίσαντας, οἳ ἀπορριφέντες ἀπὸ τοῦ στόλου τῶν Φωκαέων καὶ προσενεχθέντες αὐτόθι ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐπισήμου τῆς νεὼς τὴν πόλιν ὠνόμασαν. Ὀπόεις πόλις Λοκρῶν τῶν Ἐπικνημιδίων. Μαλόεις Ἀπόλλων ἐν Λέσβῳ καὶ ὁ τόπος τοῦ ἱεροῦ Μαλόεις ἀπὸ Μήλου τῆς Μαντοῦς, ὡς Ἑλλάνικος ἐν Λιβυκῶν πρώτῳ. σκιόεις, τερμιόεις. ἢ τὸ 'ω' ὡς εὐρώεις, κητώεις, ὠτώεις, κηώεις. ὅθεν τὸ χαριτόεις παρὰ Ἀνακρέοντι ἀναλογώτερόν ἐστι τοῦ χαρίεις παραληγομένου τῷ 'ι'. τὸ δὲ »ὑγίεντα δ´…