Μάρκαιον - Stephanos Ethnika

Μάρκαιον OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

mountain

Μάρκαιον, ὄρος τῆς Τρῳάδος πρὸς τῇ Γέργιθι. οἱ οἰκήτορες Μαρκαιίσσιοι.

Translation pending

Text Details

Entry	#73
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 433.13 · Billerbeck Μ73
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-27
Word count	10
Translation status	Mostly mechanical differences in punctuation and spelling (Μάρκαιον· → Μάρκαιον,; Τρωάδος → Τρῳάδος), but a substantive lexical substitution in the inhabitants' name (Μαρκαῖοι vs Μαρκαιίσσιοι).

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μάρκαιον	Markaeon (Markaion) · place
Τρωάς	Troad · place
Γέργις	Gergis · place
Μαρκαῖος	Markaeans · people

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	“Markaeon: a mountain of the Troad near Gergithos. The inhabitants are called Markaians.” — The entry gives the place-name and its demonym but does not provide an etymological origin.

Links

Place links	Μάρκαιον (Pauly-Wissowa)
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1296.jpg
Review	Open review page

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.369

char LCS 35 (60.3%) · word LCS 7 (70.0%)

Stephanos

Μάρκαιον, ὄρος τῆς Τρῳάδος πρὸς τῇ Γέργιθι. οἱ οἰκήτορες Μαρκαιίσσιοι.

Herodian

…ας. Πολύβιος ἑνδεκάτῳ. Χάλαιον πόλις Λοκρῶν. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ «μετὰ δὲ Λοκροί· ἐν δὲ Χάλαιον πόλις, ἐν δὲ Οἰάνθη πόλις». σπήλαιον τὸ ἄντρον. Τύπαιον ὄρος Ἤλιδος. Παυσανίας Ἠλιακῶν αʹ (c. 6, 7). Σάρδαιον ὄρος περὶ Ἀσωπόν. Μάρκαιον ὄρος τῆς Τρῳάδος πρὸς τῇ Γέργιθι. Λήναια ἀγὼν Διονύσου ἐν ἀγροῖς. τὸ δὲ Τομαῖον ὄρος παρὰ τὸ Κορυφάσιον τῆς Πύλου καὶ Σηταῖον χωρίον παρὰ Σύβαριν καὶ Συρμαῖον πεδίον μεταξὺ Νομάδων τε καὶ Ναβαταίων. Τυχαῖον ὄρος μεταξὺ Ἐρετρίας καὶ Βοιωτίας καὶ Θυραῖον…