Ἀραί - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ἀραί, Ἰωνίας νῆσοι τρεῖς, οὕτω λεγόμεναι διὰ τὰς ἀρὰς ἃς Δωριεῖς ἐποιήσαντο πρὸς τοὺς Πενταπολίτας, ὡς Ἀριστείδης. ἄλλοι δ´ ἄλλως. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἀραῖος.

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Text Details

Entry	#374
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 109.5
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-04
Word count	23

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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 (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON) formula:4e7b910409d678a8	Translate as "'X' is from Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "a X of the Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	Χ (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:c22408ee90fd1a1e	*Translate as "X, in book Y of his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	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 1.259

char LCS 59 (49.2%) · word LCS 11 (47.8%)

Stephanos

Ἀραί, Ἰωνίας νῆσοι τρεῖς, οὕτω λεγόμεναι διὰ τὰς ἀρὰς ἃς Δωριεῖς ἐποιήσαντο πρὸς τοὺς Πενταπολίτας, ὡς Ἀριστείδης. ἄλλοι δ´ ἄλλως. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἀραῖος.

Herodian

…. σειρά, πυρά, οὐρά, φρουρά, πλευρά. Φαραί πόλις Μεσσήνης, ὅθεν ἦσαν οἱ Ἀφαρητιάδαι· ἔστι καὶ Ἀχαΐας. εἰσὶ καὶ Φαραί Βοιωτίας. ἔστι δὲ ἄλλη Κρήτης ἄποικος τῆς ἐν Μεσσήνῃ, ὡς Φίλων. ἀρά καὶ Ἀρά Ἀθάμαντος θυγάτηρ καὶ Ἀραί νῆσοι τρεῖς οὕτω λεγόμεναι διὰ τὰς ἀράς, ἃς Δωριεῖς ἐποιήσαντο πρὸς τοῦ Πενταπολίτας, ὡς Ἀριστείδης. Τὰ εἰς 'ρα' ὑπὲρ δύο συλλαβὰς τὸ 'α' βραχὺ ἔχοντα προπαροξύνεται, μάχαιρα, χίμαιρα, Δηϊάνειρα, σκολόπενδρα. * Τὰ εἰς 'αρα' ὑπὲρ δύο συλλαβὰς παροξύνεται, Κυπάρα κρήνη Σικελίας, ἣ καὶ Ἀρέθουσ…