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- μ913ΜηκώνηMekone, MeconeAn early name (so Strabo 8.2.25; cf. Stephanus of Byzantium s.v.) for Sikyon, in the NE Peloponnese of Greece (sigma 403). See also sigma 402.Matched in noteshighshort
- μ1089ΜινῴαMinoa… of a whole string of places called Minoa listed by Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. See Barrington Atlas Map 47 grid C4; still called Eraclea Minoa.Matched in noteshighshort
- ν388ΝικηφόριονNikephorion, NicephoriumFrom Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. (with Constantina in place of Constantia). Also known as Kallinikon/Callinicum and Leontopolis. For the location (in present-day Syria) see Barrington Atlas Map 68 Grid G2. For Edes(s)a see epsilon …Matched in noteshighshort
- ν400ΝικομήδειαNikomedeia, Nicomedia… map 52 grid F3. [2] This material is paralleled in Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Nikomedeia and s.v. Nikomedeion (but includes detail that Stephanus does not). For Arrian see alpha 3868; and cf. alpha 4739 …Matched in noteshighmedium
- κ2170ΚοτύωραKotyora, Cotyora… (web address 1). [2] Still Kotyora by the time of Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. (who classifies it as a village).Matched in noteshighshort
- β117ΒαρκαίοιςBarkaian (ones), Barcaean (ones)… cf. omicron 1064. For Barke/Ptolemais see Strabo 17.3.20-21 (C837) and Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. On its chariots see e.g. Aeneas Tacticus 16.14, with D. Whitehead, Aineias the Tactician: How to Survive under Siege (Oxford …Matched in noteshighshort
- ν66ΝαύπακτοςNaupaktos, NaupactusFrom Stephanus of Byzantium s.v., himself using Strabo 9.4.7. [1] Naturally part of western (Ozolian) Lokris, but assigned by the Athenians to refugee Messenians in the 450s BCE (see Thucydides 1.103) and, as related …Matched in noteshighshort
- δ1206ΔιοσκορίδηςDioskorides, Dioscorides… 67 grid B2; alpha 1866. For it, and him, see Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. [2] Again under phi 23. [3] The 30s BCE -- but see above. [4] Principally the five-volume De materia medica, …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ311ΛεσχίδηςLeschides… of Boura, in Achaia, see e.g. Pliny, Natural History 33.156; Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Boura.Matched in noteshighshort
- ε768ἘλέαElea… B4. [2] Diogenes Laertius 9.28; cf. zeta 77. [3] cf. Stephanus of Byzantium s.v.; also epsilon 734, epsilon 769.Matched in noteshighshort
- ι591ἽπυςHipys, Hippys… version of his name is the -pp- one, as in Stephanus of Byzantium (s.v. Arkadia) and elsewhere. See generally Lionel Pearson, The Greek Historians of the West (Atlanta 1987) 8-10, summarizing the case for …Matched in noteshighshort
- αι179ΑἰλιανόςAelian, Aelianus, Ailianos… on the coast of Isauria (SE Turkey, in present-day terms): Stephanus of Byzantium s.v.; Barrington Atlas map 66 grid A4. Those Greek authors who use the toponym treat it, variously, as neuter plural (as …Matched in noteshighmedium
- μ219ΜάρκοςMarcus, Markos, Mark[1] Stephanus of Byzantium lists cities called Arethousa in Syria, Thrace and Euboea; this is the first of them. [2] i.e. the reign of the emperor Julian the Apostate (iota 437). [3] Theodoret, Historia …Matched in noteshighmedium
- δ1140ΔιογενειανόςDiogenianus, Diogenianus… [1] For Pontic Heraclea see [delta 1139] Diogenianus (and elsewhere). Stephanus of Byzantium lists more than twenty "other" cities of this name, but the lexicographer goes on to specify the one he means: Heraclea …Matched in noteshighmedium
- ω159ὩραπόλλωνHorapollon, Horapollo… generally PLRE II Horapollon(2); FGrH 630. [1] Of Egypt; cf. Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Phenebethis. [2] The source now becomes Damascius, Life of Isidore frs. 314 and 317 Zintzen; cf. alpha 4010. [3] [alpha …Matched in noteshighmedium
- ε3801ΕὐφορίωνEuphorion, Euphorio… Adler). [7] OCD(4) s.v. Alexander(9). [8] Strabo (9.1.18, 9.5.22) and Stephanus of Byzantium say 'from Mopsopos'. [9] Ruhnken, as Adler notes, proposed emending this to 'to Antiochus'. [10] This actual title (if such it …Matched in noteshighmedium
- η536ἩρόδοτοςHerodotus, Herodotos… one of the first colonists of Thurii (in southern Italy). Stephanus of Byzantium records the inscription on his grave there (see under "Thourioi"). For the connection with Thurii, see further Aristotle, Rhetoric 3.9 (1409a), …Matched in noteshighmedium
- κ2098ΚορνοῦτοςCornutus… article at web address 1. See also Cassius Dio 62.29; Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. *Te/rgis; Etymologicum Magnum s.v. *Zeu/s and omega 182. The first and principal paragraph of the present entry is Aelian …Matched in noteshighmedium
- ε2424ἘπίκτητοςEpiktetos, Epictetus… its warm springs see Strabo 13.4.14; Vitruvius, On architecture 8.3; Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. [2] On this detail of Epictetus' life see John Chrysostom, Homily 13 on Acts, PG 60.111.30; Macrobius, Saturnalia 2.11.4 (who …Matched in noteshighmedium