Μενέλαος

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Μενέλαος, πόλις Αἰγύπτου. Στράβων ἑπτακαιδεκάτῃ. καὶ ἡ χώρα Μενελαῗτις. ἔστι καὶ χωρίον Σπάρτης Μενελάειον· τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μενελαεύς, ὡς Κοτιάειον Κοτιαεύς. καὶ κτητικὸν Μενελαϊκός. τῆς δ´ Αἰγυπτίας Μενελαΐτης.

Menelaos: a city of Egypt. Strabo, book 17. Also the country Menelaites. There is also a place in Sparta, Menelaeion. The ethnonym is 'Menelaeus'. Also the possessive is 'Menelaikos'. Of Egypt, 'Menelaites'.

Text Details

Entry#144
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 445.3 · Billerbeck Μ144
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count27
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Στράβων (Strabo)ιζ (17,1,23 [C 803,24])
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΜενέλαοςMenelaus · person
ΑἴγυπτοςEgypt · place
ΜενελαΐτηςMenelaïtēs / Menelaite (region or people) · other
ΣπάρτηSparta · place
ΜενελάειονMenelaeion · place
ΜενελαεύςMenelaeüs (demonym) · people
ΚοτιάειονKotiáeion (place) · place
ΚοτιαεύςKotiaeus (demonym) · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Morphological Compositionand the region (is called) Menelaitēs.
Morphological Compositionthere is also a district/estate of Sparta called Menelaeion.
Morphological Compositionthe ethnic/demonym Menelaeus, like 'Kotia(e)on' -> Koti(a)eus.
Morphological Compositionand the possessive adjective Menelaikós.
Morphological Compositionand of Egypt (the) Menelaitēs.

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