Μεσσαπέαι

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Μεσσαπέαι, χωρίον Λακωνικῆς. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μεσσαπεεύς· οὕτω γὰρ ὁ Ζεὺς ἐκεῖ τιμᾶται. Θεόπομπος πεντηκοστῷ ἑβδόμῳ.

Messapeai: a place in Lakonia. The ethnonym is 'Messapeus'; for Zeus is honoured there thus. Theopompos, book 57.

Text Details

Entry#159
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 447.7 · Billerbeck Μ159
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count14
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Θεόπομπος (Theopompus)FGrHist 115 F 245
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΜεσσαπαίMessapae / Messapai (settlement) · place
ΜεσσαπεύςMessapeus (demonym) · people
ΛακωνικήLaconia · place
ΖεύςZeus · deity
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Folk Etymology NarrativeThe ethnic (demonym) is 'Messapeus'; for thus Zeus is worshipped there.

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