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Ἄγκυρα
Ankyra, Ancyra, Ankara
… Sea. According to Pausanias (1.4), Ankyra was founded by Midas.
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. Ankyra ( = Apollonius of Aphrodisias FGrH 740 F14) traces the name of the city to the anchors (ankyra) captured …
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Δούλων πόλις
slaves' city
… [2] This supplement is required by the equivalent entry in
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. See also n.3. [3] Ephorus FGrH 70 F50. [4] From
Stephanus
of Byzantium; cf. n.2. [5] Sosicrates FGrH 461 F2. …
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586
Ἀζειῶται
Azeiotai, Azeotae
… fragment of Hellanicus of Lesbos (FGrH 4 F58) cited by
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v.; also mentioned in Sophocles (fr.569).
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Ἀεινόν
ever-flowing
The headword a)eino/n, used of water, is a dialectal variant (which occurs in Xiphilinus' epitome of Cassius Dio, p.13 Dindorf-Stephanus) of a)e/nnaon: see alpha 552 and alpha 553.
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1043
Ἀκυληΐα
Aquileia
… UNESCO World Heritage Site page at web address 2). [2]
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. gives the ethnikon as *\Akulh/ios, but the Suda's form is the norm in (e.g.) Herodian's History.
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1866
Ἀνάζαρβον
Anazarbos, Anazarbus
… then decided to name the city Anazarbos ("dedicated to Zarbos").
Stephanus
of Byzantium Ethnica s.v. Anazarba knows both the city and its "founder" as Anazarba, but gives no history and no alternative names.
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1887
αἰτιατικῇ
recovering
… [2] Polybius fr. 104 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 529) that
Stephanus
(Henri Estienne, 1531-1598) attributed this fragment to Polybius.
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2287
Ἀνεπαρίασαν
they broke treaties like the Parians
… of this proverb (Zenobius 2.21 and other paroemiographers) occurs in
Stephanus
of Byzantium, s.v. Paros, quoting Ephorus (FGrH 70 F63). The episode in question is the unsuccessful siege of the Aegean island of Paros …
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2733
Ἀντιτυπῆσαι
to resist, to strike against
… of scholiasts there. [5] Herodotus 1.67.4 (web address 2 below);
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. Tegea.
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3418
Ἀπολλώνιον
Apollônion
… diphthong is attested in Cassius Dio and discussed by Ps.-Herodian,
Stephanus
of Byzantium, and (post-Suda) Eusthathius of Thessalonica. [2] That is, like the proper names Dionysios, Demetrios, Poseidonios, etc. [3] Unattested outside lexicography. But …
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3424
Ἀπολλώνιος
Apollonios, Apollonius
… at least 18 books) and are Carian place-names, transmitted via
Stephanus
of Byzantium. [1] In Caria.
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3754
Ἀρβέλαι
Arbelai, Arbele
… slip, corrected in her addenda and corrigenda. [1] Confirmed by
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v., citing the Sicilian historian Philistus (FGrH 556 F29). [2] Cf. tau 646 and tau 674.
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3784
Ἄργουσα
Argoura, Argousa
… Place] (FGrH 423 F1). The name, all other sources (including
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of Byzantium) agree, was Argoura, not the Suda's Argousa (or in one manuscript Argousai). For Euboia see generally epsilon 3382; for Chalkis see …
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3790
Ἀργυρῖνοι
Argurinoi, Argurini, Argurinians
Of Epeiros (NW Greece). See
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v., citing Timaeus and others.
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29
Αἰγεσταῖος
Aigestaios, Aegestaeus
… 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 only here.
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71
Αἰγώνη
Aigone, Aegone
A.k.a. Aigoneia, in Malis (north-central Greece);
Stephanus
of Byzantium, citing Lycophron and Hecataeus; J.-C. Decourt et al, in IACP [below] 686; (not in Barrington Atlas). See also alphaiota 72.
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179
Αἰλιανός
Aelian, 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 …
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1
Γαβαώ
Gabao, Gabaon, Gibeon
… Gibeon. This is perhaps the origin (via ps.-Herodian 3.1.93.7) of
Stephanus
of Byzantium's reference to a city in Galilee called "Gabaoupolis", with an ethnikon "Gabaoupolites"; he cites Josephus, who in fact refers (Jewish Antiquities …
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5
Γάγγρα
Gangra
… Altas map 86 grid D3. See e.g. Strabo 12.3.41; cf.
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v., citing Alexander Polyhistor (fr. 42 Müller), although Steph. also attests to a city of the same name in Arabia (192.24).
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589
Διακόνιον
diakonion, flat-cake
… [3] Something is amiss here. In the 16th century Henricus
Stephanus
(Henri Etienne) added the participle "carrying." But why "other" round cakes, when no others are named? Perhaps follow the paroemiographer Arsenius and Menecles' …
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869
Διδυμαῖος
Didymaios, Didymaean, Twin
… the joint worship of Apollo and Zeus at Didyma see
Stephanus
of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Didyma and Didyme (229.20-230.4).
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1146
Διογένης ἢ Διογενειανός
Diogenes or Diogenianus
… version of his name). [1] See under kappa 2627. [2]
Stephanus
of Byzantium cites this work three times (= Jacoby's F1-3); it was in at least three books.
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1445
Δωδωναῖον χαλκεῖον
Dodonian bronze
… at chi 37, see the paroemiographers (who however, together with
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. Dodona, gloss it as those who speak a lot. Thus Adler might have been better-advised to print (or at least …
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1551
Δρῦς
Drus, Drys
… grid B2. There was also a Drys near Priene, and
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of Byzantium cites a city of Oinotria (SE Italy) and a village in Kilikia by an unknown river Aros. The former is probably …
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748
Ἐλάτεια
Elateia, Elatea
… 115 F206) is cited for the alternative spelling; see also
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v.
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901
Ἔλλουροι
Ellourians, Ellurians, Helourians, Heruli, Heruls
Scythian, according to
Stephanus
of Byzantium, citing Dexippus (where the name is spelled with a single lambda and a rough breathing). In fact better and more authentically known as the Heruli/Heruls; cf. under sigma …
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1339
Ἐνιζάνει
settles on
… "into a contest".) No such river is otherwise attested, though
Stephanus
of Byzantium registers an island "of Etruria" called Orgon.
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3019
Ἑρκύνιοι δρυμοί
Hercynian forests (?Black Forest)
… Eustathius on D.P. [above] 298.34f., an account apparently misunderstood in
Stephanus
217.22-218.5; cf. R.R. Dyer, "Matoas, the Thraco-Phrygian name for the Danube, and the IE root *madu" (Glotta 52, 1974, 91-95). The element dan …
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3755
Εὐστόχιος
Eustochios, Eustochius
… under kappa 2288. [2] This latter work is cited by
Stephanus
of Byzantium in his entry on Panticapaeum (FGrH 738 F1). For Cappadocia cf. kappa 325.
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135
Εἱλωτίς
helot-woman, female helot
… among ethnics by Herodian, De prosodia catholica 3.1.103.12, and by
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. Helos.
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