Μεγάλη πόλις - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #105
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 437.20 | Billerbeck: Μ105
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count: 100
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Θεοφράστος (Theophrastus), Ἀκεστόδωρος (Acestodorus), Πολύβιος (Polybius), Φίλων (Philon (Philo)) FGrHist 790 F 43
Entities: Ἀρκαδία (Arcadia) [place], Ἀρκάδης (Arcadians) [people], Λεῦκτρα (Leuctra (the battle/place)) [place], Ὀρεστία (Orestia) [place], Ὀρέστης (Orestes) [person], Ὀρεστῖος (Orestians) [people], Μεγαλοπολίτης (Megalopolitans) [people], Κερκίδας (Kerkidas) [person], Αἰνησίας (Ainesias) [person], Καρία (Caria) [place], Ἀφροδισία (Aphrodisias) [place], Λέλεγες (Leleges) [people], Μεγαλόπολις (Megalopolis) [place], Νινόη (Ninoë (Ninôe)) [place], Νῖνος (Ninus) [person], Νινοήτης (Ninoeite / Ninoean (inhabitant of Ninoë)) [people], Ἰβηρία (Iberia) [place], Λυκία (Lycia) [place]
Etymologies: 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.
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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.

Megalē Polis (“Great City”): a city of Arcadia, which Arcadian men synoecized after the events at Leuctra. It was also called, for one half (of it), Orestia, from the presence of Orestes. The citizens are Orestioi and Megalopolitai. From it came Kerkidas, an excellent lawgiver and poet of meliambs, and Ainesias the Peripatetic, a pupil of Theophrastus, and Akestodōros, who wrote On Cities, and Polybius, who composed forty books; these are Megalopolitai. The possessive (adjectival) form is Megalopolitikos. (2) There is also another city in Caria—now Aphrodisias—formerly a city of the Leleges; and because of its size it was called Megalopolis. It was also named Ninoē after Ninos; the citizen is Ninoētēs. There is also a Megalē Polis of Iberia, as Philo says. There is also a Megalē Nēsos (“Great Island”), now in Lycia.

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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…