Μελιτηνή - Stephanos Ethnika

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Μελιτηνή, πόλις Καππαδοκίας. Στράβων ἑνδεκάτῃ “τὸ δ´ Ἄμανον ὄρος μέχρι τοῦ Εὐφράτου καὶ τῆς Μελιτηνῆς πρόεισι, καθ´ ὃ ἡ Κομμαγηνὴ τῇ Καππαδοκίᾳ παράκειται”. οἱ πολῖται Μελιτηνοί ὡς Κομμαγηνοί.

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Text Details

Entry	#134
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 443.10
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count	28

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Στράβων (Strabo)	11,12,2 [C 521,4]

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μελιτηνή	Melitene · place · corrected · Q705132
Καππαδοκία	Cappadocia · place · corrected · Q217265
Ἄμανος	Amanus (Mount Amanus) · place
Εὐφράτης	Euphrates · place · corrected · Q34589
Μελιτηνή	Melitene · place · corrected · Q705132
Κομμαγηνή	Commagene · place · corrected · Q15427622
Καππαδοκία	Cappadocia · place · corrected · Q217265
Μελιτηνοί	Meliteneans (citizens of Melitene) · people
Κομμαγηνοί	Commageneans · people
Μελιτηνή / Melitene	place · city · Cappadocia · explicit · wikidata: Q27779426 · candidate

Links

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:5e7f1861601f28d1	*Translate as "X, book Y in his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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	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	X... + πρός + Y (dative) formula:1a524ea80fe79519	Translate as "X... near Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	καί + X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + Y (nominative PROPER NOUN) formula:0af867b3dd6df580	Translate as "Y is also 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (definite ARTICLE + ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:bcd70ae781e7b205	Translate as "just as 'Y' is from the name X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:7163e35f4bd326d9	Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ὄρος ὁ gloss:184051ff413f789d	mountain, mount (X ὄρος = 'Mount X') Domain: TERRAIN/LANDMASSES	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 1.332

char LCS 126 (80.8%) · word LCS 23 (82.1%)

Stephanos

Μελιτηνή, πόλις Καππαδοκίας. Στράβων ἑνδεκάτῃ “τὸ δ´ Ἄμανον ὄρος μέχρι τοῦ Εὐφράτου καὶ τῆς Μελιτηνῆς πρόεισι, καθ´ ὃ ἡ Κομμαγηνὴ τῇ Καππαδοκίᾳ παράκειται”. οἱ πολῖται Μελιτηνοί ὡς Κομμαγηνοί.

Herodian

…υρρηνία. Σωφηνή χώρα τῶν πρὸς Ἀρμενίαν, ὡς Στράβων ἐν ἑνδεκάτῃ, παρὰ δὲ Ἀρριανῷ Σωφανηνή τετρασυλλάβως. Δραγγηνή χώρα Περσική. Ὠτηνή μοῖρα Ἀραβίας. Σαιδηνή ὄρος Κύμης. Τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'ηνη' ὑπερτρισύλλαβα ὀξύνεται, Καμασηνή, Μελιτηνή πόλις Καππαδοκίας. Στράβων ἑνδεκάτῃ »τὸ δ´ Ἄμανον ὄρος μέχρι τοῦ Εὐφράτου καὶ τῆς Μελιτηνῆς πρόεισι, καθ´ ὃ ἡ Κομμαγηνὴ τῇ Καππαδοκίᾳ παράκειται«. Παλαιστηνή. Ἀδραμυττηνή, Κομμαγηνή, Κοδομηνή, Παραιτακηνή, Σιπυληνή ἡ Δημήτηρ, Γοαρηνή χώρα Ἀραβίας πλησίον Δαμασκοῦ· λέγεται καὶ Γοάρεια. Γωγαρηνή χωρίον μεταξὺ Κόλχων καὶ Ἰβήρων τῶν ἀνατολικῶν. Καμβυσηνή ἀπὸ Καμβύσο…