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.

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Text Details

Entry	#144
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 445.3 · Billerbeck Μ144
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count	27

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Στράβων (Strabo)	ιζ (17,1,23 [C 803,24])

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μενέλαος	Menelaus · person · corrected · Q105407152
Αἴγυπτος	Egypt · place · corrected · Q11768
Μενελαΐτης	Menelaïtēs / Menelaite (region or people) · other
Σπάρτη	Sparta · place · corrected · Q5690
Μενελάειον	Menelaeion · place · corrected · Q23069794
Μενελαεύς	Menelaeüs (demonym) · people
Κοτιάειον	Kotiáeion (place) · place
Κοτιαεύς	Kotiaeus (demonym) · people
Μενέλαος	place · explicit · wikidata: Q105407152 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	and the region (is called) Menelaitēs.
Morphological Composition	there is also a district/estate of Sparta called Menelaeion.
Morphological Composition	the ethnic/demonym Menelaeus, like 'Kotia(e)on' -> Koti(a)eus.
Morphological Composition	and the possessive adjective Menelaikós.
Morphological Composition	and of Egypt (the) Menelaitēs.

Links

Place links	Marsá al ‘Awrā’ \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1412.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Gloss	χώρα ἡ gloss:54f628c16aa263ce	region; territory (when belonging to a specific people, tribe, or nation); surrounding territory (when juxtaposed against a πόλις); land (remote or poetical places) Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence