Μεσσαπέαι - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #159
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 447.7 | Billerbeck: Μ159
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count: 14
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Θεόπομπος (Theopompus) FGrHist 115 F 245
Entities: Μεσσαπαί (Messapae / Messapai (settlement)) [place], Μεσσαπεύς (Messapeus (demonym)) [people], Λακωνική (Laconia) [place], Ζεύς (Zeus) [deity]
Etymologies: Folk Etymology Narrative: The ethnic (demonym) is 'Messapeus'; for thus Zeus is worshipped there.
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Μεσσαπέαι, χωρίον Λακωνικῆς. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μεσσαπεεύς· οὕτω γὰρ ὁ Ζεὺς ἐκεῖ τιμᾶται. Θεόπομπος πεντηκοστῷ ἑβδόμῳ.

Messapeai: a settlement of Laconia. The ethnic (gentilic) is Messapeus; for thus Zeus is honored there. Theopompus, book 57.

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