Μεγάλη πόλις

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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.

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Text Details

Entry#105
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 437.20
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count100

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Θεοφράστος (Theophrastus)—
Ἀκεστόδωρος (Acestodorus)—
Πολύβιος (Polybius)—
Φίλων (Philon (Philo))FGrHist 790 F 43
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ἈρκαδίαArcadia · place · corrected · Q12898802
ἈρκάδηςArcadians · people · corrected · Q20013164
ΛεῦκτραLeuctra (the battle/place) · place
ὈρεστίαOrestia · place
ὈρέστηςOrestes · person
ὈρεστῖοςOrestians · people
ΜεγαλοπολίτηςMegalopolitans · people
ΚερκίδαςKerkidas · person · corrected · Q1279413
ΑἰνησίαςAinesias · person · corrected · Q16330029
ΚαρίαCaria · place · corrected · Q193214
ἈφροδισίαAphrodisias · place · corrected · Q4779720
ΛέλεγεςLeleges · people
ΜεγαλόπολιςMegalopolis · place · corrected · Q36024972
ΝινόηNinoë (Ninôe) · place · corrected · Q618495
ΝῖνοςNinus · person
ΝινοήτηςNinoeite / Ninoean (inhabitant of Ninoë) · people
ἸβηρίαIberia · place · corrected · Q1203967
ΛυκίαLycia · place · corrected · Q18927
Megale polis of Arkadiaplace · city · Arkadia · explicit · unresolved
Megale polis of Karia / Aphrodisiasplace · city · Karia · explicit · unresolved
Megale polis of Iberiaplace · city · Iberia · explicit · unresolved
Megale nesos of Lykiaplace · island · Lykia · explicit · unresolved
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym PersonIt was called in part Orestia, from the presence of Orestes.
Morphological CompositionAnd because of its size it was called Megalopolis.
Eponym PersonAnd it was also named Ninoe from Ninus.
Place TransferNow Aphrodisias, formerly a city of the Leleges.

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
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
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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
Formulaκαί + 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
Formulaὁ 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
Formulaτὸ 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
Formulaὡς + 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
Formulaὡς + 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
Formulaὡς + 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
Formulaὡς + 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
Glossἐθνικόν τό
gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a
ethnonym
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 3 occurrences
Glossἔθνος τό
gloss:918b9f988d9a14d8
people
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossἱστορικός 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
Glossκαλεῖται/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
Glossκτητικόν τό
gloss:80c7f336a009c2c3
possessive
Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossλόφος ὁ
gloss:028405ea25d75634
hill
Domain: TERRAIN/LANDMASSES		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossπολίτης ὁ
gloss:1c7dda400d7265cb
citizen
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossσυνοικισθεῖσα
gloss:1a2d7a26d6c367b8
synoecized (AI), colonised
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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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…

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