Μέλισσα

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Entry #131
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 442.15 | Billerbeck: Μ131
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count: 22
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus) FGrHist 1 F 357 [Ἀσίᾳ], Ἀσία (Asia)
Entities: Μέλισσα (Melissa (city)) [place], Λίβυες (Libyans) [people], Μελισσαῖος (Melissaios (inhabitant of Melissa)) [person], Μελισσαία (Melissaia (region)) [place], Κύζικος (Cyzicus) [place], Μελισσηνός (Melissenos (ethnic form)) [people], Κυζικηνός (Cyzicenos/Cyzicene (ethnic form of Cyzicus)) [people]
Etymologies: Unclear Metalinguistic: Melissa: a city of the Libyans.; Morphological Composition: the inhabitant (ethnic) is called Μελισσαῖος (Melissaios).; Morphological Composition: the country/region is called Μελισσαία (Melissaia).; Unclear Metalinguistic: There is also in Cyzicus a village called Μέλισσα (Melissa).; Morphological Composition: the ethnicon (demonym) Μελισσηνός (Melissenos), analogous to Κυζικηνός (Kyzikenos).
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Μέλισσα, πόλις Λιβύων. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. ὁ οἰκήτωρ Μελισσαῖος. ἡ χώρα Μελισσαία. ἔστι καὶ ἐν Κυζίκῳ κώμη Μέλισσα, τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μελισσηνός ὡς Κυζικηνός.
Melissa: a city of the Libyans. Hecataeus in his Asia. The inhabitant is Melissaios; the territory, Melissaia. There is also in Kyzikos a village (kōmē) Melissa. The ethnic (gentilic) is Melissēnos, as (one says) Kyzikēnos.

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.268
char LCS 30 (25.4%) · word LCS 5 (22.7%)
Stephanos
Μέλισσα, πόλις Λιβύων. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. ὁ οἰκήτωρ Μελισσαῖος. ἡ χώρα Μελισσαία. ἔστι καὶ ἐν Κυζίκῳ κώμη Μέλισσα, τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μελισσηνός ὡς Κυζικηνός.
Herodian
…ὄρος ἀπὸ Τιλφώσσης νύμφης. γράφεται καὶ δι´ ἑνὸς 'σ'. μέλισσα καὶ Μέλισσα θυγάτηρ Ἐπιδάμνου, ἧς καὶ τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος ὁ Δυρράχιος. ἀφ´ ἧς ἔστιν ἐν Ἐπιδάμνῳ τόπος Μελισσώνιος, ἔνθα Ποσειδῶν αὐτῇ συνῆλθεν, ὡς Φίλων. ἔστι καὶ Μέλισσα πόλις Λιβύων. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. καὶ ἐν Κυζίκῳ κώμη Μέλισσα. Ἄμφισσα πόλις Ὀζολῶν Λοκρῶν. ἔστι δὲ παραγωγὴ ἐκ τῆς ἀμφί ὡς ἐκ τῆς ἀντί Ἄντισσα· ἔστι δὲ πόλις Λέσβου ἐφεξῆς τῷ Σιγρίῳ ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀντίσσης τῆς Μάκαρος θυγατρός, ἐν τοῖς Φίλωνος. ἔστι καὶ νῆσος…

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