Μερόη - Stephanos Ethnika

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Μερόη, πόλις Αἰθιόπων. Ἡρόδοτος δευτέρᾳ. ἀπὸ Μερόης. ἔστι καὶ νῆσος. ὁ πολίτης Μεροΐτης, ὡς τῆς Ἀρσινόης Ἀρσινοΐτης. ἔστι καὶ Μερόη κατὰ ἀνατολὰς τῆς περὶ Δάφνην Ἀντιοχείας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μεροαῖος ἢ Μερούσιος, κατὰ τὸ τῆς ἑορτῆς ὄνομα. καὶ τὸ κτητικὸν Μερουσιακός. ἔστι καὶ Μερόη πόλις Λυκίας.

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Text Details

Entry	#149
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 446.1 · Billerbeck Μ149
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count	45

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἡρόδοτος (Herodotus)	β (2,29,6)

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μερόη	Meroe · place · corrected · Q5780
Αἰθίοπες	Ethiopians · people
Μερόη	Meroe · place · corrected · Q5780
Μεροΐτης	Merôites (citizen of Meroe) · people
Ἀρσινόη	Arsinoe · place
Ἀρσινοΐτης	Arsinoite (citizen of Arsinoe) · people
Δάφνη	Daphne · place
Ἀντιοχεία	Antiochia · place · corrected · Q200441
Μεροαῖος	Meroaean (ethnic) · people
Μερούσιος	Merousios (ethnic) · people
Μερουσιακός	Merousiakos (possessive adjective) · other
Λυκία	Lycia · place · corrected · Q18927
Meroe in Ethiopia	place · city · Ethiopia · explicit · wikidata: Q5780 · candidate
Meroe island	place · island · uncertain / not specified · explicit · wikidata: Q5780 · candidate
Meroe near Antioch by Daphne	place · city · east of Antioch by Daphne · explicit · wikidata: Q5780 · candidate
Meroe in Lycia	place · city · Lycia · explicit · wikidata: Q5780 · candidate

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	'from Meroe' (indicating derivation 'from Meroe').
Morphological Composition	'the citizen Μεροΐτης, as (in) Ἀρσινοΐτης of Arsinoe' — stating the demonym is formed analogously to Arsinoe's demonym.
Morphological Composition	'the ethnicon Μεροαῖος or Μερούσιος, according to the name of the festival' — i.e. the ethnonym is formed from (or based on) the name of a festival.
Unclear Metalinguistic	'There is also a Meroe to the east of Antioch near Daphne. There is also a Meroe, a city of Lycia.' — noting other places bearing the same name (no origin given).

Links

Place links	Meroë \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1416.jpg
Review	Open review page

Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.306

char LCS 49 (20.9%) · word LCS 9 (20.0%)

Stephanos

Μερόη, πόλις Αἰθιόπων. Ἡρόδοτος δευτέρᾳ. ἀπὸ Μερόης. ἔστι καὶ νῆσος. ὁ πολίτης Μεροΐτης, ὡς τῆς Ἀρσινόης Ἀρσινοΐτης. ἔστι καὶ Μερόη κατὰ ἀνατολὰς τῆς περὶ Δάφνην Ἀντιοχείας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μεροαῖος ἢ Μερούσιος, κατὰ τὸ τῆς ἑορτῆς ὄνομα. καὶ τὸ κτητικὸν Μερουσιακός. ἔστι καὶ Μερόη πόλι…

Herodian

…τὸ Κάδμον ἐπὶ ζεύγους βοῶν ὀχούμενον ταχέως ἀνύσαι τὴν ἐς Ἰλλυριοὺς ὁδόν. οἱ δὲ τὸν Κάδμον ἀπὸ τῆς Αἰγυπτίας Βουτοῦς ὀνομάσαι αὐτὴν καὶ παραφθαρεῖσαν καλεῖσθαι Βουθόην. Οὐδονόη λέγεται ὑπὸ τῶν Λιβύων Ἱστός νῆσος Λιβύης. Μερόη πόλις Αἰθιόπων. Ἡρόδοτος δευτέρᾳ (c. 29). ἀπὸ Μερόης. ἔστι καὶ Μερόη κατὰ ἀνατολὰς τῆς περὶ Δάφνην Ἀντιοχείας· ἔστι καὶ Μερόη πόλις Λυκίας. Ἀρσινόη πόλις Λιβύης ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Φιλαδέλφου ἀδελφῆς καὶ γυναικός. δευτέρα πόλις Παραιτονίου Λιβύης ἡ πρότερον Ταύχειρα. τρίτη π…