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Δουλίχιος
Doulichios, Doulichion, Dolicha, Doliche, Dulichium
… name given here is a mistake; it was Doulichion (Homer,
Strabo,
Pausanias, Stephanus of Byzantium), when not Dolicha/Doliche. NF adds: Doulichion in Homer seems to be a substantial island and (controversially; cf.
Strabo
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311
Ἀγορῆθεν
from the agora
… assembly) by his betters. See also Odyssey 12.439 (quoted by
Strabo
1.2.36: a judge departs 'from the agora' for his evening meal) and Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.877.
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1179
Ἀλήϊον πεδίον
Aleian plain
… 6.201) in Lycia but more exactly in Cilicia (Herodotus 6.95.1;
Strabo
14.5.17 (676); Arrian, Anabasis 2.5.8; Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Halai), literally means "wandering" - though Steph. Byz. derived the adjective, more prosaically, from …
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1424
Ἀλύβη
Alube, Alybe
… location generated different views, as can be seen in e.g.
Strabo
12.3.20-24 and 13.1.45; also, more faintly, in Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. One tradition -- which recognised the name as Chalybe -- placed it …
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2579
Ἄνω
up
… see in brief OCD(4) p.878); cf. "city of Makar" in
Strabo
8.3.31 and esp. 13.1.7, where this line is quoted.
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3924
Ἀριστόνικος
Aristonicus, Aristonikos
… Aristonikos(5); OCD4 Aristonicus(2). Augustan age (mentioned as a contemporary by
Strabo
1.2.31). [2] See eta 583.
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3985
Ἄρνη
Arne
… settlement later (and better) known as Chaeroneia (chi 176), but
Strabo
9.2.35 mentions a view that it had been submerged under Lake Kopais. Hansen 433 n.2 classifies it as 'a mythical toponym, not even …
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4160
Ἀσκανία
Askania, Ascania
… city of Nicaea; Barrington Atlas map 52 grid E4; cf.
Strabo
12.4.5 & 8, 14.5.29. It was also a territory closely related to Phrygia, providing one of the Phrygian leaders in the Trojan War …
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4461
Αὐσονίων
of Ausonians
… gloss 'Romans'. [2] This odd material is unparalleled elsewhere. [3]
Strabo's
preferred variant is *Au)so/nion pe/lagos [4] (Atlas and Kalypso, in other versions.) For this material cf. the scholia to Lykophron, Alexandra 702.
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29
Αἰγεσταῖος
Aigestaios, Aegestaeus
… Aigesta (Egesta, Segesta) in western Sicily; so in Diodorus Siculus,
Strabo
and elsewhere. (But note that Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. equates them with the Thesprotoi, mentioned in the Odyssey, of SW Epeiros.) [2] Attested …
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123
Αἴθικες
Aithikes, Aethices
In northern Greece, between Epirus and Thessaly: Homer, Iliad 2.744;
Strabo
7.7.8-9, 9.5.11-12 & 19; Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. See also under alpha 683.
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268
Αἴπεια
Aipeia
… Messenia, in the SW Peloponnese. As to Aipeia itself, specifically,
Strabo
8.4.5 noted identifications of it with Thouria or Methone/Mothone (mu 1189), while in Pausanias 4.34.5 it is Korone. See Graham Shipley, 'Messenia' in …
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271
Αἰπήεσσα
lofty
… Iliad 21.87 (web address 1), a line quoted twice by
Strabo
(13.1.50, 13.3.1) as well as by Eustathius.
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797
Ἐλεών
Eleon, Heleon
… near Tanagra; cf. Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. (A 'village' in
Strabo;
and classified by the Copenhagen Polis Centre among Boeotia's 'pre-Hellenistic settlements not attested as poleis'.) Likewise or similarly in other lexica.
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1272
Ἐνετοί
Enetoi, Enetians
… Paphlagonia (in N Asia Minor) to NE Italy. See e.g.
Strabo
12.3.8. [1] Very unusually, Adler printed here her own emendation; the paradosis is 'a people' (ethnos).
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3255
Ἐσχατόωσαν
terminating
… of Ships (web address 1). The phrase is quoted by
Strabo
(1.2.3, 9.2.13, 9.2.14), Herodian, Stephanus of Byzantium, and others.
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3801
Εὐφορίων
Euphorion, Euphorio
… but not followed by 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 …
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45
Ἰαρδάνης
Iardanes
… Peloponnese (Greece): Homer, Iliad 7.135 (web address 1) with scholia;
Strabo
8.3.12 (web address 2); a.k.a. Iardanos. Not to be confused with iota 422.
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596
Ἱρή
Hire
In Messenia; cf. Homer, Iliad 9.150 (web address 1);
Strabo
8.4.5; Pausanias 4.30.1 (Web address 2). The name means "Holy", and Homer also calls Troy *)/ilios i(rh/, "Holy Ilium" (Iliad 4.46, etc. [Web address …
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599
Ἶρις
Iris
… Flowing into the Black Sea near Amisos (present-day Samsun). See
Strabo,
Geography 12.3 (web address 1). [2] And goddess of rainbows; from Homer onwards. See generally OCD(4) s.v.
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7
Καβησός
Kabesos, Cabesus
… the Trojan ally Othryoneus, see Homer, Iliad 13.363 (quoted by
Strabo
13.1.40); and generally Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Kabassos.
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