Μέλινα - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #129
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 442.11 | Billerbeck: Μ129
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count: 15
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Sources: Λυκόφρων (Lycophron) (403)
Entities: Μέλινα (Melina) [place], Ἄργος (Argos) [place], Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodite) [deity], Μελιναῖα (Melinaea (epithet of Aphrodite)) [deity], Καστνία (Kastnia) [deity]
Etymologies: Place Transfer: Melina: a city of Argos, from which Aphrodite Melinaia is honored. Lycofron (403): "(he calls) the goddess Kastnian and Melinaian." (indicating the goddess's epithet derives from the place)
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Μέλινα, πόλις Ἄργους, ἀφ´ ἧς Ἀφροδίτη Μελιναία τιμᾶται. Λυκόφρων “τὴν Καστνίαν δὲ καὶ Μελιναίαν θεόν”.

Melina: a city of Argos, from which Kastnia, Kolias, ...+1 more">Aphrodite is honoured with the epithet Melinaia. Lycophron (403): “and the goddess Kastnia and Melinaia.”

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char LCS 81 (100.0%) · word LCS 15 (100.0%)

Stephanos

Μέλινα, πόλις Ἄργους, ἀφ´ ἧς Ἀφροδίτη Μελιναία τιμᾶται. Λυκόφρων “τὴν Καστνίαν δὲ καὶ Μελιναίαν θεόν”.

Herodian

μὲν θυγατρὸς Αἰγίνης, Αἰακοῦ δὲ μητρός. Βέλβινα πόλις Λακωνική. Παυσανίας ὀγδόῳ (c. 35, 4). ἔστι καὶ νῆσος, ὡς Ἀρτεμίδωρος. Βέμβινα κώμη τῆς Νεμέας. Ἑλλάνικος δὲ Βέμβινον καὶ πόλιν φησίν. Βίλβινα πόλις Περσική. Μέλινα πόλις Ἄργους, ἀφ´ ἧς Ἀφροδίτη Μελιναία τιμᾶται. Λυκόφρων »τὴν Καστνίαν δὲ καὶ Μελιναίαν θεόν« (v. 403). Μύρινα πόλις ἐν Λήμνῳ. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἔστι καὶ τῆς Αἰολίδος ἄλλη. ἀπὸ Μυρίνης ἀμφότεραι ἢ Μυρίνου. Σάνινα πόλις ἐπὶ τῆς Ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης. Κάρμινα νῆσος Ἰνδική. Ἄλινα νῆσος Λυκίας. Ἀρτεμίδωρος ἐν ἐπιτομῆς πρ…