Μερούσιον

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Μερούσιον OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
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Entry #150
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 446.7 | Billerbeck: Μ150
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count: 26
Translation blocked: Meineke contains several substantive editorial/reading differences from the Billerbeck OCR text: an added bracketed regional label '[Σικελίας]', a substantially different spelled-out Theopompus citation ('τριακοστῷ ἐνάτῳ' vs OCR 'λθ .'), an explicit stadia figure ('ἑβδομήκοντα' vs 'ο.'), and the insertion of the article 'τῆς' before 'Αἰθιοπίας'.
Sources: Θεόπομπος (Theopompus) FGrHist 115 F 189 [Φιλιππικῶν]
Entities: Μερούσιον (Merousion) [place], Μερούσιοι (Merousians (inhabitants)) [people], Μερόεσσα (Meroessa (epithet of Artemis)) [deity], Ἄρτεμις (Artemis) [deity], Συράκουσαι (Syracusans) [people], Μερόη (Meroe) [place], Αἰθιοπία (Aethiopia) [place]
Etymologies: Place Transfer: But some [say it is] from Meroe of Ethiopia.; Eponym Person: Meroessa, the Artemis (i.e. Artemis called Meroessa).
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Μερούσιον, χωρίον [Σικελίας], ὡς Θεόπομπος Φιλιππικῶν τριακοστῷ ἐνάτῳ. οἱ οἰκήτορες ὁμοίως Μερούσιοι, καὶ Μερόεσσα ἡ Ἄρτεμις. ἀπέχει δὲ ὁ τόπος Συρακουσῶν στάδια ἑβδομήκοντα. τινὲς δὲ ἀπὸ Μερόης τῆς Αἰθιοπίας.
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