Μάσταυρα - Stephanos Ethnika

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Μάσταυρα, πόλις Λυδίας, ἀπὸ Μᾶς. Μᾶ δὲ τῇ Ῥέᾳ εἵπετο, ᾗ παρέδωκε Ζεὺς Διόνυσον τρέφειν. καὶ ἡ Μᾶ παρὰ τῆς Ἥρας ἐρωτηθεῖσα τίνος εἴη τὸ βρέφος, Ἄρεος ἔφη. καὶ παρὰ Καρσὶν ὁ Διόνυσος Μάσαρις ἔνθεν ἐκλήθη. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ καὶ ἡ Ῥέα Μᾶ καὶ ταῦρος αὐτῇ ἐθύετο παρὰ Λυδοῖς, ἀφ´ ἧς ἡ πόλις. ποταμὸς δὲ [διὰ] μέσης τῆς πόλεως ῥεῖ Χρυσαόρας λεγόμενος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μασταυρεύς ὡς Πηγασεύς. εἴρηται καὶ Μασταυρίτης.

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Text Details

Entry	#92
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 436.8
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-27
Word count	69

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μάσταυρα	Mastaura · place · corrected · Q15119905
Λυδία	Lydia · place · corrected · Q620765
Μᾶ	Ma · deity
Ῥέα	Rhea · deity
Ζεύς	Zeus · deity · corrected · Q34201
Διόνυσος	Dionysus · deity · corrected · Q41680
Ἥρα	Hera · deity · corrected · Q38012
Ἄρης	Ares · deity
Καρσίς	Karsin (place name, uncertain) · place
Μάσαρις	Masaris (epithet of Dionysus) · deity
Λυδοί	Lydians · people
Χρυσαόρας	Chrysaoras (river) · place
Μασταυρεύς	Mastaureus (ethnic) · other
Πηγασεύς	Pygaseus / Pēgaseus (ethnic) · other
Μασταυρίτης	Mastaurites (ethnic) · other
Mastavra in Lydia	place · city · Lydia · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	Mastaura, a city of Lydia, from Ma (i.e. named after the goddess Ma).
Folk Etymology Narrative	Ma attached herself to Rhea, to whom Zeus entrusted Dionysus to be reared (mythic narrative explaining the association of Ma/Rhea with Dionysus).
Eponym Person	And near Karsos Dionysus was called 'Masaris', whence (the name) was called (implying derivation from the epithet 'Masaris').
Eponym Person	Rhea was also called Ma ... a bull was sacrificed to her by the Lydians, from whom the city (takes its name).

Links

Place links	Mastaura \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1328.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:439629f16cfaba3f	Translate as "Y is from 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON) formula:4e7b910409d678a8	Translate as "'X' is from Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "a X of the Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	καλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται/ἐκλήθη (ἀπο...) gloss:ef7a95cd709173ed	is/used to be/is/was called/named after (+ ἀπο) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.388

char LCS 217 (69.1%) · word LCS 52 (75.4%)

Stephanos

Μάσταυρα, πόλις Λυδίας, ἀπὸ Μᾶς. Μᾶ δὲ τῇ Ῥέᾳ εἵπετο, ᾗ παρέδωκε Ζεὺς Διόνυσον τρέφειν. καὶ ἡ Μᾶ παρὰ τῆς Ἥρας ἐρωτηθεῖσα τίνος εἴη τὸ βρέφος, Ἄρεος ἔφη. καὶ παρὰ Καρσὶν ὁ Διόνυσος Μάσαρις ἔνθεν ἐκλήθη. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ καὶ ἡ Ῥέα Μᾶ καὶ ταῦρος αὐτῇ ἐθύετο παρὰ Λυδοῖς, ἀφ´ ἧς ἡ πόλις. ποταμὸς δὲ [διὰ] μέσης τῆς πόλεως ῥεῖ Χρυσαόρας λεγόμενος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μασταυρεύς ὡς Πηγασεύς. εἴρηται καὶ Μασταυρίτης.

Herodian

…ῷ Πόντῳ, ὡς Ἀρριανός. Ἀννίχωρον. μέμνηται Ἀλκμάν. Μαινόβωρα πόλις Μαστιηνῶν. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Ἄσσωρον ὄρος Σάμου, ὅθεν ῥεῖ ὁ Ἀμφίλυσος. Εὐφορίων Ἀρτεμιδώρῳ »δαῖμον ὃς Ἀμφιλύσοιο ῥόον....« Ἴσαυρα πόλις, Χάραξ δὲ θηλυκῶς. Μάσταυρα πόλις Λυδίας, ἀπὸ Μᾶς. Μᾶ δὲ τῇ Ῥέᾳ εἵπετο, ᾗ παρέδωκε Ζεὺς Διόνυσον τρέφειν. καὶ ἡ Μᾶ παρὰ τῆς Ἥρας ἐρωτηθεῖσα, τίνος εἴη τὸ βρέφος, Ἄρεος ἔφη. καὶ παρὰ Καρσὶν ὁ Διόνυσος Μάσαρις ἔνθεν ἐκλήθη. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ καὶ ἡ Ῥέα Μᾶ καὶ ταῦρος αὐτῇ ἐθύετο παρὰ Λυδοῖς, ἀφ´ ἧς ἡ πόλις. Ἄνδειρα πόλις

Herodian 1.405

char LCS 19 (6.1%) · word LCS 6 (8.7%)

Stephanos

Μάσταυρα, πόλις Λυδίας, ἀπὸ Μᾶς. Μᾶ δὲ τῇ Ῥέᾳ εἵπετο, ᾗ παρέδωκε Ζεὺς Διόνυσον τρέφειν. καὶ ἡ Μᾶ παρὰ τῆς Ἥρας ἐρωτηθεῖσα τίνος εἴη τὸ βρέφος, Ἄρεος ἔφη. καὶ παρὰ Καρσὶν ὁ Διόνυσος Μάσαρις ἔνθεν ἐκλήθη. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ καὶ ἡ Ῥέα Μᾶ καὶ ταῦρος αὐτῇ ἐθύετο παρὰ Λυδοῖς, ἀφ´ ἧς ἡ πόλις. ποταμὸς δὲ [διὰ] μέσης τῆς πόλεως ῥεῖ Χρυσαόρας λεγόμενος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μασταυρεύς ὡς Πηγασεύς. εἴρηται καὶ Μασταυρίτης.

Herodian

(v. 95) »καὶ Λᾶν περήσεις«. ταύτην δὲ διαλύσας Ὅμηρός φησιν (Β 585) »οἵ τε Λάαν εἶχον ἠδ´ Οἴτυλον ἀμφενέμοντο«. κεῖται δὲ ἐπὶ πέτρας ὑψηλῆς, διὸ Λᾶ καλεῖται. Μᾶ, ἣ τῇ Ῥέᾳ εἵπετο. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ καὶ ἡ Ῥέα Μᾶ. * Τὰ εἰς 'η' μονοσύλλαβα ἐκ συναιρέσεως περισπᾶται, μόνη δὲ ἡ γῆ κοινὴ συνήθης, τὸ γὰρ Ῥῆ ἡ Ῥέα ἴδιόν ἐστι τοῦ Συρίου καὶ οὐ πᾶσιν ἴσως ἢ καὶ Ἀττικοῖς γνωστόν· τὸ δὲ πλῆ εἰρημένον παρὰ Διογένει τῷ Ἀπολλωνιάτῃ ἀντὶ τοῦ …