Μέση τῶν ποταμῶν

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Μέση τῶν ποταμῶν, χώρα μεταξὺ Εὐφράτου καὶ Τίγριδος. καὶ Ἀδιαβηνή ἐκαλεῖτο, ὡς ἱστορεῖ Κουάδρατος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μεσοποταμίτης.

Mese ton potamon: a region between the Euphrates and the Tigris. It was also called Adiabene, as Kouadratos relates. The ethnonym is 'Mesopotamites'.

Text Details

Entry#154
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 446.22 · Billerbeck Μ154
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count17
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.2

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AuthorWork / Citation
Κουαδράτος (Quadratus)FGrHist 97 F 29a
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΜέσηMese (the 'Middle') · place
ΕὐφράτηςEuphrates · place
ΤίγριςTigris · place
ἈδιαβηνήAdiabene · place
ΜεσοποταμίτηςMesopotamite (Mesopotamian) · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Morphological Composition'Mesē (of) the rivers; a country between the Euphrates and the Tigris.' (The demonym: Mesopotamites.)
Unclear Metalinguistic'And it was called Adiabene, as Quadratus records.'

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