Αἰθιόπιον

Aithiopion, Aethiopium, Ethiopium

Translated by David Whitehead22 Oct 2000Vetting: high4 revisions

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It is a place in Euboia.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Αἰθιόπιον· τῆς Εὐβοίας ἐστὶ χωρίον.

Betacode

*ai)qio/pion: th=s *eu)boi/as e)sti\ xwri/on.

From Harpokration s.v.; also in Photius' Lexicon and elsewhere.
Aithiopion is also, according to ps.-Zonaras and others, an area of Lydia (associated with a cult of Artemis Aithiopia) -- however, in Stephanus of Byzantium this toponym is spelled Aithopion.