Μεθώνη - Stephanos Ethnika

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Μεθώνη, πόλις Θρᾴκης. Μαγνησίας, [ἣν] Ὅμηρος διὰ τοῦ « η » “οἳ δ´ ἄρα Μηθώνην καὶ Θαυμακίην ἐνέμοντο”. ὁ πολίτης Μεθωναῖος. ἔστι καὶ Μακεδονίας. ἐκλήθη ἀπὸ τοῦ μέθυ· πολύοινος γάρ ἐστι. καὶ τῆς Λακωνικῆς, ἧς τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μεθωναιεύς ὡς Κορωναιεύς. δʹ ἐν Περσίδι. εʹ Εὐβοίας.

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Text Details

Entry	#118
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 440.17
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count	43

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ὅμηρος (Homer)	Ἰλιάς · Β 716

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μεθώνη	Methone · place
Θρᾴκη	Thrace · place · corrected · Q41741
Μαγνησία	Magnesia · place · corrected · Q60790367
Μεθώνη	Methone · place
Θαυμακίη	Thaumacia · place · corrected · Q16637978
Μεθωναῖος	Methonean (citizen of Methone) · person
Μακεδονία	Macedonia · place · corrected · Q81734
Λακωνική (Λακωνία)	Laconia · place · corrected · Q11931074
Μεθωναιεύς	Methonean (ethnic) · people
Κορωναιεύς	Koronean (ethnic) · people
Περσίς	Persis · place
Εὐβοία	Euboea · place · corrected · Q173096
Methone in Thrace / Magnesia	place · city · Thrace / Magnesia · explicit · wikidata: Q1764704 · candidate

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	It was named from 'methy' (wine); for it is very wine-rich (much wine).

Links

Place links	Methone \| 📍 Map
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1373.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 (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 · 5 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 · 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
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	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 · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.336

char LCS 74 (35.9%) · word LCS 16 (37.2%)

Stephanos

Μεθώνη, πόλις Θρᾴκης. Μαγνησίας, [ἣν] Ὅμηρος διὰ τοῦ « η » “οἳ δ´ ἄρα Μηθώνην καὶ Θαυμακίην ἐνέμοντο”. ὁ πολίτης Μεθωναῖος. ἔστι καὶ Μακεδονίας. ἐκλήθη ἀπὸ τοῦ μέθυ· πολύοινος γάρ ἐστι. καὶ τῆς Λακωνικῆς, ἧς τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μεθωναιεύς ὡς Κορωναιεύς. δʹ ἐν Περσίδι. εʹ Εὐβοίας.

Herodian

… ἀλλ´ οὐκ εἴρηται· διόπερ μεταπλασμὸς ἔοικε εἶναι. λήγεται δὲ καὶ εἰς 'ω'. Σιμμίας ὁ Ῥόδιος »Ζηνὸς ἕδος Κρονίδαο μάκαιρ´ ὑπεδέξατο Δωδώ«. Βωδώνη πόλις Περραιβική, ὡς Ἀπολλόδωρος. οἱ δ´ ὀρθῶς Θετταλίας ἀπὸ Βωδωνοῦ ἥρωος. Μεθώνη πόλις Θρᾴκης. Μαγνησίας, ἣν Ὅμηρος διὰ τοῦ 'η' »οἱ δ´ ἄρα Μηθώνην καὶ Θαυμακίην ἐνέμοντο« (Β 716). ἔστι δὲ καὶ Μακεδονίας. ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ μέθυ. πολύοινος γάρ ἐστι. καὶ τῆς Λακωνικῆς. δʹ ἐν Περσίδι. εʹ Εὐβοίας. Μοθώνη, εἰρεσιώνη, χελώνη,