Μεγάλη πόλις - Stephanos Ethnika

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Μεγάλη πόλις, πόλις Ἀρκαδίας, ἣν συνῴκισαν ἄνδρες Ἀρκάδες μετὰ τὰ Λευκτρικά. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ κατὰ τὸ ἥμισυ μέρος Ὀρεστία· ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ Ὀρέστου παρουσίας. οἱ δὲ πολῖται Ὀρέστιοι καὶ Μεγαλοπολῖται. ἀφ´ ἧς Κερκιδᾶς ἄριστος νομοθέτης καὶ μελιάμβων ποιητής, καὶ Αἰνησίας περιπατητικὸς ὁ Θεοφράστου μαθητής, καὶ Ἀκεστόδωρος περὶ πόλεων συγγεγραφώς, καὶ Πολύβιος τεσσαράκοντα βιβλία συγγράψας. οὗτοι Μεγαλοπολῖται. τὸ κτητικὸν Μεγαλοπολιτικός. βʹ ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη πόλις Καρίας, ἡ νῦν Ἀφροδισιάς ἡ πρότερον Λελέγων πόλις καὶ διὰ τὸ μέγεθος ἐκλήθη Μεγαλόπολις· ὠνομάσθη δὲ καὶ Νινόη ἀπὸ Νίνου. ὁ πολίτης Νινοήτης. ἔστι καὶ Ἰβηρίας Μεγάλη πόλις ὡς Φίλων. ἔστι καὶ Μεγάλη νῆσος ἡ νῦν Λυκίας.

Megale polis: a city of Arkadia, which Arkadian men settled together after the Leuktrian events. Half of it was called Orestia, from the presence of Orestes. The citizens Orestioi and Megalopolitai. From it Kerkidas, an excellent lawgiver and poet of meliambics, and Ainesias the Peripatetic, pupil of Theophrastos, and Akestodoros who wrote On Cities, and Polybios who composed forty books. These Megalopolitai. The possessive Megalopolitikos. Second, there is also another city of Karia, now Aphrodisias, formerly a city of the Leleges, and because of its size was called Megalopolis. It was also named Ninoe from Ninos. The citizen Ninoetes. There is also Megale polis of Iberia, as Philon. There is also Megale an island, now of Lycia.

External translation supplied by Brady Kiesling; reported Claude Fable 5.5 translation. Credit: Brady Kiesling and the Stephanos project (Greg Baker, Gabriel Jower, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling). Not individually verified; exact Greek input not supplied.

Text Details

Entry	#105
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 437.20
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count	100

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Θεοφράστος (Theophrastus)	—
Ἀκεστόδωρος (Acestodorus)	—
Πολύβιος (Polybius)	—
Φίλων (Philon (Philo))	FGrHist 790 F 43

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἀρκαδία	Arcadia · place · corrected · Q12898802
Ἀρκάδης	Arcadians · people · corrected · Q20013164
Λεῦκτρα	Leuctra (the battle/place) · place
Ὀρεστία	Orestia · place
Ὀρέστης	Orestes · person
Ὀρεστῖος	Orestians · people
Μεγαλοπολίτης	Megalopolitans · people
Κερκίδας	Kerkidas · person · corrected · Q1279413
Αἰνησίας	Ainesias · person · corrected · Q16330029
Καρία	Caria · place · corrected · Q193214
Ἀφροδισία	Aphrodisias · place · corrected · Q4779720
Λέλεγες	Leleges · people
Μεγαλόπολις	Megalopolis · place · corrected · Q36024972
Νινόη	Ninoë (Ninôe) · place · corrected · Q618495
Νῖνος	Ninus · person
Νινοήτης	Ninoeite / Ninoean (inhabitant of Ninoë) · people
Ἰβηρία	Iberia · place · corrected · Q1203967
Λυκία	Lycia · place · corrected · Q18927
Megale polis of Arkadia	place · city · Arkadia · explicit · unresolved
Megale polis of Karia / Aphrodisias	place · city · Karia · explicit · unresolved
Megale polis of Iberia	place · city · Iberia · explicit · unresolved
Megale nesos of Lykia	place · island · Lykia · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	It was called in part Orestia, from the presence of Orestes.
Morphological Composition	And because of its size it was called Megalopolis.
Eponym Person	And it was also named Ninoe from Ninus.
Place Transfer	Now Aphrodisias, formerly a city of the Leleges.

Links

Place links	Megalopolis \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1346.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	[NO ANTECEDENT] + ἀφ' οὗ + Y (DERIVED NOUN) formula:85dbc02f91e20d41	Translate as "as per 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative AUTHOR NAME)... + ὡς αὐτός formula:4caae33810f40dfa	Translate as "X... as per X." Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + X (genitive PROPER NOUN) formula:276bf314e3ad9973	Translate as "X, X" Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN)... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ARTICLE + genitive ETYMON) formula:8856d9e4780f3c74	Translate as "X... from the form 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 4 occurrences
Formula	καί + X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + Y (nominative PROPER NOUN) formula:0af867b3dd6df580	Translate as "Y is also 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC) formula:9b2896a329a36c7e	Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME) formula:d915b1886270056c	Translate as "as per X" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:f22af8012162d222	*Translate as 'as per X, in book Y of his Z'* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (definite ARTICLE + ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:bcd70ae781e7b205	Translate as "just as 'Y' is from the name X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:7163e35f4bd326d9	Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 3 occurrences
Gloss	ἔθνος τό gloss:918b9f988d9a14d8	people Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἱστορικός ὁ gloss:f02a916b8e56ad5f	scholar (note Steph. doesn't use σχολαστικός) Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL 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
Gloss	κτητικόν τό gloss:80c7f336a009c2c3	possessive Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	λόφος ὁ gloss:028405ea25d75634	hill Domain: TERRAIN/LANDMASSES	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	πολίτης ὁ gloss:1c7dda400d7265cb	citizen Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	συνοικισθεῖσα gloss:1a2d7a26d6c367b8	synoecized (AI), colonised Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.308

char LCS 22 (4.0%) · word LCS 5 (5.0%)

Stephanos

…νομοθέτης καὶ μελιάμβων ποιητής, καὶ Αἰνησίας περιπατητικὸς ὁ Θεοφράστου μαθητής, καὶ Ἀκεστόδωρος περὶ πόλεων συγγεγραφώς, καὶ Πολύβιος τεσσαράκοντα βιβλία συγγράψας. οὗτοι Μεγαλοπολῖται. τὸ κτητικὸν Μεγαλοπολιτικός. βʹ ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη πόλις Καρίας, ἡ νῦν Ἀφροδισιάς ἡ πρότερον Λελέγων πόλις καὶ διὰ τὸ μέγεθος ἐκλήθη Μεγαλόπολις· ὠνομάσθη δὲ καὶ Νινόη ἀπὸ Νίνου. ὁ πολίτης Νινοήτης. ἔστι καὶ Ἰβηρίας Μεγάλη πόλις ὡς Φίλων. ἔστι καὶ Μεγάλη νῆσος ἡ νῦν Λυκίας.

Herodian

…δὲ ἀπὸ Τάβου ἥρωος. οἱ δέ φασι τὸν Κιβύραν καὶ Μαρσύαν ἀδελφοὺς τὸν μὲν κτίσαι Κιβύραν πόλιν, τὸν δὲ Τάβας, καὶ καλέσαι ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐπὶ πέτρας οἰκεῖσθαι· τάβαν γὰρ τὴν πέτραν Ἕλληνες ἑρμηνεύουσιν. ἔνιοι ἀπὸ Ταβηνοῦ Ἀργείου. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη πόλις Καρίας Τάβαι. καὶ τρίτη τῆς Περαίας, ἣν Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν τῷ περὶ Συρίας ἑρμηνεύει ἀγαθήν. Σάβαι πόλις μεγάλη πλησίον τῆς Ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης. Λάβαι πόλις Χαττηνίας. Πολύβιος τρισκαιδεκάτῳ. βλάβη. ὀξύνεται δὲ ταῦτα, λαβή, τριβή ῥηματ…