Μασχάνη - Stephanos Ethnika

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city

Entry #96
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 437.1 | Billerbeck: Μ96
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count: 12
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Κουαδράτος (Quadratus) FGrHist 97 F 15 [Παρθικῶν]
Entities: Μασχάνη (Maschane (place)) [place], Σκηνῖται (the Skēnitai (tent-dwelling people)) [people], Ἄραβες (Arabs) [people], Μασχανεύς (Maschaneus (demonym)) [people]
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Μασχάνη, πόλις πρὸς τῶν Σκηνιτῶν Ἀράβων. Κουάδρατος ὀγδόῳ Παρθικῶν. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μασχανεύς.

Maschanē: a city in the territory of the Skēnitai Arabs. Quadratus, in the Parthika. The ethnic (gentilic) is Maschaneus.

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.328

char LCS 35 (47.3%) · word LCS 6 (50.0%)

Stephanos

Μασχάνη, πόλις πρὸς τῶν Σκηνιτῶν Ἀράβων. Κουάδρατος ὀγδόῳ Παρθικῶν. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μασχανεύς.

Herodian

…ετὰ δὲ Κατάνη πόλις, ὑπὲρ δὲ ὄρος Αἴτνη». κέκληται δὲ οὕτως, ἐπειδὴ κατέβη πρὸς τὸν Ἀμενανὸν ποταμὸν ἡ Θεοκλέους τοῦ Χαλκιδέως ναῦς, ἣν Δωριεῖς χωρὶς τοῦ 'υ' νᾶν φασιν, ἢ ὅτι τῆς Αἴτνης κατατεθείσης τὸ ἄνω κάτω γέγονεν. Μασχάνη πόλις πρὸς τῶν Σκηνιτῶν Ἀράβων. Κορομάνη πόλις πρὸς τὸν Περσικὸν κόλπον. Μαλσάνη πόλις τῆς εὐδαίμονος Ἀραβίας. Πιτάνη πόλις Αἰολίδος. Σικάνη πόλις Ἰβηρίας, ὡς Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Ῥωγάνη πόλις ἐν τῇ Ἰνδικῇ. Στεφάνη πόλις Φωκίδος. Ταπροβάνη νῆσος μεγίστη ἐν τ…