Μελίταια - Stephanos Ethnika

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Μελίταια, πόλις Θετταλίας. Ἀλέξανδρος Ἀσίᾳ. Θεόπομπος δὲ Μελίτειαν αὐτήν φησιν. ὁ πολίτης Μελιταιεύς. Ἔφορος λʹ “οἱ δὲ τύραννοι τῶν Φερῶν καὶ Μελιταιεῖς φίλοι πρότερον ὑπάρχοντες”. Μελίτεια Φίλων οὕτω γράφει, τὰ αὐτὰ πράγματα τῇ εἰρημένῃ προσάπτων. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μελιτεύς.

Melitaia: a city of Thessaly. Alexander in the Asia. Theopompos calls it Meliteia. The citizen Melitaieus. Ephoros in the thirtieth: "the tyrants of Pherai and the Melitaieis, being friends before". Philon writes Meliteia thus, attaching the same facts to the aforesaid. The ethnonym Meliteus.

External translation supplied by Brady Kiesling; reported Claude Fable 5.5 translation. Credit: Brady Kiesling and the Stephanos project (Greg Baker, Gabriel Jower, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling). Not individually verified; exact Greek input not supplied.

Text Details

Entry	#132
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 443.1
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count	38

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexander)	Ἀσίᾳ · SH 30
Θεόπομπος (Theopompus)	FGrHist 115 F 373
Ἔφορος (Ephorus)	FGrHist 70 F 95
Μελίτεια / Φίλων (Meliteia (work) / Philon (author))	Μελίτεια · FGrHist 790 F 45
Φίλων (Philon)	Μελίτεια · FGrHist 790 F 45

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μελίτεια	Melitaea · place · corrected · Q1919416
Θετταλία	Thessaly · place · corrected · Q1247568
Ἀσία	Asia · place
Μελίτεια	Melitaea · place · corrected · Q1919416
Μελιταιεύς	Melitaean (demonym) · people
Φεραί	Pherae · place · corrected · Q1330631
Μελιταιεῖς	Melitaeans · people
Μελιτεύς	Melitaean (demonym) · people
Μελίταια / Μελίτεια (city in Thessaly)	place · city · Thessaly · explicit · wikidata: Q21533338 · candidate

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	"Melitaia: a city of Thessaly." (Identification of the place name.)
Unclear Metalinguistic	"Theopompos says that it is Meliteia." (Authoritative identification/variant mention, not an origin explanation.)
Unclear Metalinguistic	"The citizen (demonym) Melitaeus. The ethnic/demonym Meliteus." (Form of the ethnicon.)
Unclear Metalinguistic	"The tyrants of Pherae and the Melitaeans being earlier friends." (Reference to the inhabitants under the ethnonym 'Μελιταιεῖς'.)

Links

Place links	Melitaea \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1404.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (NUMERAL) formula:a0ca4574d7d0ffdb	Translate as "X, book Y" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	πολίτης ὁ gloss:1c7dda400d7265cb	citizen Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	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 1.272

char LCS 49 (22.3%) · word LCS 7 (18.4%)

Stephanos

Μελίταια, πόλις Θετταλίας. Ἀλέξανδρος Ἀσίᾳ. Θεόπομπος δὲ Μελίτειαν αὐτήν φησιν. ὁ πολίτης Μελιταιεύς. Ἔφορος λʹ “οἱ δὲ τύραννοι τῶν Φερῶν καὶ Μελιταιεῖς φίλοι πρότερον ὑπάρχοντες”. Μελίτεια Φίλων οὕτω γράφει, τὰ αὐτὰ πράγματα τῇ εἰρημένῃ προσάπτων. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μελιτεύς.

Herodian

…, αἳ Ὕβλαι λέγονται. Κάθαια πόλις Ἰνδική. Κυναίθαια πόλις Ἀρκαδίας, ἣ καὶ Κύναιθα λέγεται. Λύκαια πόλις Ἀρκαδίας. Θεόπομπος πεντηκοστῷ ἕκτῳ. παρὰ δὲ Μενελάῳ Λύκαιθα μετὰ τοῦ 'θ'. Μάργαια πόλις Ἠλείας. Μελίταια πόλις Θεσσαλίας. Ἀλέξανδρος Ἀσίᾳ. Θεόπομπος δὲ Μελίτειαν αὐτήν φησιν. καὶ Μελίτεια Φίλων γράφει. Νίναια πόλις Οἰνωτρῶν. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Νίσαια ἐπίνειον Μεγαρίδος. καὶ αὐτὴ ἡ Μεγαρίς. ἀπὸ Νίσου τοῦ Πανδίονος. Ἑλλάνικος ἐν Ἱερειῶν πρώτῃ.... καὶ ἐν τῇ δευτέρᾳ «καὶ Νίσαιάν τε εἷλε καὶ Νῖσον…