Μεσοπόντιος - Stephanos Ethnika

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Μεσοπόντιος, ὁ Ἐρέσιος Ποσειδῶν· οὕτω γὰρ ἐν Ἐρέσῳ τιμᾶται, πόλει τῆς Λέσβου. Καλλίμαχος Αἰτίων αʹ.

Mesopontios: the Eresian Poseidon; for so he is honoured in Eresos, a city of Lesbos. Kallimachos in the first of the Aitia.

External translation supplied by Brady Kiesling; reported Claude Fable 5.5 translation. Credit: Brady Kiesling and the Stephanos project (Greg Baker, Gabriel Jower, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling). Not individually verified; exact Greek input not supplied.

Text Details

Entry	#157
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 447.3
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count	15

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Καλλίμαχος (Callimachus)	Αἰτίων (Aetia) · Aet. fr. 39 Harder = fr. 39 Pfeiffer
Αἰτίων (Αἴτια / Aetia) (Aetia (work))	Αἰτίων (Aetia) · Aet. fr. 39 Harder = fr. 39 Pfeiffer

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μεσοπόντιος	Mesopontios (epithet) · other
Ἐρέσιος	Eresian (epithet, 'of Eresos') · other
Ποσειδῶν	Poseidon · deity · corrected · Q41127
Ἐρέσος	Eresos · place · corrected · Q1018197
Λέσβος	Lesbos · place · corrected · Q128087
Μεσοπόντιος	place · explicit · wikidata: Q137916087 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Place Transfer	Mesopontios: the Eresian Poseidon; for thus he is honored at Eresos, a city of Lesbos.

Links

Place links	Q137916087
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1418.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:5e7f1861601f28d1	*Translate as "X, book Y in his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (NUMERAL) formula:a0ca4574d7d0ffdb	Translate as "X, book Y" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative BOOK NAME) formula:c795eaabedf9a542	*Translate as "Χ, in his Y"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	Y (EPITHET) + X (DEITY) formula:e59d8efd6da15c82	Translate as "X Y" Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.121

char LCS 57 (72.2%) · word LCS 11 (73.3%)

Stephanos

Μεσοπόντιος, ὁ Ἐρέσιος Ποσειδῶν· οὕτω γὰρ ἐν Ἐρέσῳ τιμᾶται, πόλει τῆς Λέσβου. Καλλίμαχος Αἰτίων αʹ.

Herodian

…πὸ Τευθρανίας ὡς ἀπὸ Παρρασίας Παρράσιος. Περγάντιος, Προσπάλτιος, Ἁλιάρτιος, Σαγάρτιος, Αἰγύπτιος, Κυπαρισσηέντιος, Συρρέντιος, Σίντιος. Σκίρτιος ἔθνος Παιονίας ὡς Φλέγων ἐν Ὀλυμπιάδων ιεʹ. Ἑλλησπόντιος, Εὐρυμεδόντιος, Μεσοπόντιος ὁ Ἐρέσιος Ποσειδῶν. οὕτω γὰρ ἐν Ἐρέσῳ τιμᾶται, πόλει τῆς Λιβύης. Καλλίμαχος Αἰτίων αʹ. Ἀναφλύστιος, Βυβάστιος ὡς Ἔφορος. Γεραίστιος, Φαίστιος, Βουβάστιος παρὰ Θεοπόμπῳ. Ὀγχήστιος, Τυφρήστιος. Παρθένιος «Τυφρήστιον αἶπος». Λιβύστιος ὡς ἀπὸ τοῦ Λίβυστος τοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ Λίβυος ὄντος κ…