Μέλινα - Stephanos Ethnika

Μέλινα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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

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Text Details

Entry	#129
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 442.11
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count	15

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Λυκόφρων (Lycophron)	(403)

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μέλινα	Melina · place
Ἄργος	Argos · place · corrected · Q13533353
Ἀφροδίτη	Aphrodite · deity · corrected · Q35500
Μελιναῖα	Melinaea (epithet of Aphrodite) · deity · corrected · Q137613864
Καστνία	Kastnia · deity · corrected · Q137610684

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
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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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "a X of the Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	Y (EPITHET) + X (DEITY) formula:e59d8efd6da15c82	Translate as "X Y" Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.258

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…