Μελάμπεια

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Μελάμπεια, πόλις Λυδίας, ἀπὸ Μελάμπου, ὡς Ξάνθος ἐν Λυδιακοῖς. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μελαμπεύς ὡς Σελευκεύς Ἀλεξανδρεύς.

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Text Details

Entry#122
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 441.16
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count15

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΜελαμπείαMelampeia · place
ΛυδίαLydia · place · corrected · Q620765
ΜελάμβοςMelambos · person
ΞάνθοςXanthus · place · corrected · Q534163
ΛυδιακοίLydians · people
ΜελαμπεύςMelampeus (ethnic) · people
ΣελευκεύςSeleukeus (ethnic) · people
ἈλεξανδρεύςAlexandrian (ethnic) · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym Personfrom Melambos (i.e., named after Melambos)
Morphological Compositionthe ethnic/demonym 'Melampeus' formed like 'Seleukeus', 'Alexandreus' (i.e., formation of the ethnicon using the -εύς suffix)

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative BOOK NAME)
formula:c795eaabedf9a542
Translate as "Χ, in his *Y*"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 1 scan row · 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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaτὸ 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
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 · 2 occurrences
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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.279
char LCS 50 (55.6%) · word LCS 9 (60.0%)
Stephanos
Μελάμπεια, πόλις Λυδίας, ἀπὸ Μελάμπου, ὡς Ξάνθος ἐν Λυδιακοῖς. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μελαμπεύς ὡς Σελευκεύς Ἀλεξανδρεύς.
Herodian
…λλίμαχος ἐν τρίτῳ. ἀπὸ Λυκωρέως τοῦ βασιλέως. Λυσιμάχεια πόλις τῆς Θρᾴκης χερρονήσου ἡ πρότερον Καρδία. Μακύνεια πόλις Αἰτωλίας. Στράβων δεκάτῃ. Μάρεια πόλις καὶ λίμνη τῇ Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ παρακειμένη, ἣ καὶ Μαρεῶτις λέγεται. Μελάμπεια πόλις Λυδίας ἀπὸ Μελάμπου, ὡς Ξάνθος ἐν Λυδιακοῖς. Μίδεια πόλις ἐν Ἄργει ἀπὸ Μιδείας τῆς Ἀλωέος θυγατρός. λέγεται καὶ χωρὶς τοῦ 'ι' Μιδέα. ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα πόλις Βοιωτίας. Ὅμηρος «οἵ τε πολυστάφυλον Ἄρνην ἔχον οἵ τε Μίδειαν» (Β 507). ἔστι καὶ Λυκίας ἄλλη. Μολύνδεια πόλις…

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