Μεμβλίαρος

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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island
Μεμβλίαρος, νῆσος πλησίον Θήρας [ἡ] καὶ Ἀνάφη ἀπὸ Μεμβλιάρου τοῦ Θήραν οἰκήσαντος Φοίνικος, τῶν μετὰ Κάδμου ἑνός. λέγεται καὶ κατὰ ἀφαίρεσιν Βλίαρος· τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μεμβλιάριος.

Memblaros: an island near Thera and Anafe, from Memblaros the Phoenician who settled Thera, one of those with Kadmos. It is also called, by aphairesis, Bliaros. The ethnonym is 'Memblarios'.

Text Details

Entry#136
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 444.3 · Billerbeck Μ136
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count25
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.2

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΜεμβλίαροςMembliaros (island) · place
ΘήραThera (Santorini) · place
ἈνάφηAnafi · place
ΜεμβλίαροςMembliaros (genitive) · place
ΦοίνικοςPhoinikos (personal name) · person
ΚάδμοςCadmus · person
ΒλίαροςVliaros (variant name of the island) · place
ΜεμβλιάριοςMembliarios (ethnicon; inhabitants/demonym) · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym PersonFrom Membliaros, the Phoenician who inhabited Thera, one of those who came with Cadmus.
Morphological CompositionIt is also said (to be called) Bliaros by aphairesis (by omission/removal of a part).

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Last updated: 2026-04-12 10:11:05 UTC