Μελίταια - Stephanos Ethnika

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city

Entry #132
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 443.1 | Billerbeck: Μ132
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count: 38
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexander) SH 30 [Ἀσίᾳ], Θεόπομπος (Theopompus) FGrHist 115 F 373, Ἔφορος (Ephorus) FGrHist 70 F 95, Μελίτεια / Φίλων (Meliteia (work) / Philon (author)) FGrHist 790 F 45 [Μελίτεια], Φίλων (Philon) FGrHist 790 F 45 [Μελίτεια]
Entities: Μελίτεια (Melitaea) [place], Θετταλία (Thessaly) [place], Ἀσία (Asia) [place], Μελίτεια (Melitaea) [place], Μελιταιεύς (Melitaean (demonym)) [people], Φεραί (Pherae) [place], Μελιταιεῖς (Melitaeans) [people], Μελιτεύς (Melitaean (demonym)) [people]
Etymologies: 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'.)
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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 his Asiai (SH 30). But Theopompos says that it is Meliteia. The citizen is Melitaieus. Ephoros, book 30: “and the tyrants of Pherai, and the Melitaieis, being formerly friends …”. Philo(n) writes it thus, attaching the same matters to the place mentioned above: Meliteia. The ethnic (ethnicon) is Meliteus.

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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…