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ε3048ἙρμόλαοςHermolaos, HermolausC6 AD. See generally RE Hermolaos(2). [1] OCD(4) Stephanus of Byzantium. (Stephanus has no Suda entry of his own, but see under nu 20.) [2] Justinian: iota 446.Matched in noteshighshort
α257ἌγκυραAnkyra, 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 …Matched in noteshighshort
αι48ΑἰγίλιψAigilips, Aegilips[1] In Epirus, according to Stephanus of Byzantium. [2] Homer, Iliad 9.15, 16.4, and scholia. [3] Not recognized by Stephanus (and perhaps deriving from a mis-reading of Homer, Iliad 2.631-5, where Kephallenia and Aigilips …

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Ἑρμόλαος

Hermolaos, Hermolaus

Grammarian; of Constantinople. He wrote the epitome of the Ethnica of Stephanus the grammarian, dedicated to the emperor Justinian.

Ἑρμόλαος, γραμματικὸς Κωνσταντινουπόλεως· γράψας τὴν ἐπιτομὴν τῶν Ἐθνικῶν Στεφάνου γραμματικοῦ, προσφωνηθεῖσαν Ἰουστινιανῷ τῷ βασιλεῖ.

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β533ΒρεντήσιονBrentesion, Brundisium, BrindisiOCD(4) p.253, under Brundisium. [1] Stephanus of Byzantium s.v., following Strabo 6.3.6, is more exact: brention (sic) was their name for the head of a stag. (Stephanus also offers an alternative etymology, from Herakles …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1161ΔιόμειαDiomeia… itself; see rather epsilon 1179). For the present entry cf. Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. and the Aristophanic scholia cited in the notes below. On Diomeia see generally J.S. Traill, The Political Organization of Attica …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1569ΔύμαςDymas… from the eponymous ancestor of the Dorian tribe Dymanes (Ephorus, Stephanus of Byzantium), Dymainai or (in Sparta) Dymanis (scholia on Pindar, Pythian 1.121) or Dymanatai (Herodotus 5.68.13), a certain Dymas (stem Dyman-; erroneously Dymant- …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1586ΔυρράχιονDyrrachion, Dyrrachium… nomen Dyrrachium appellata). In this sense too Dexippos, quoted by Stephanus of Byzantium, reports the change of name from Epidamnos to Dyrrachion. But note Strabo 7.5.8: *)Epi/damnos *Kerkurai/wn kti/sma, h( nu=n *Durra/xion o(mwnu/mws th=| …Matched in noteshighshort

α15ἈβάντειοςAbanteios, Abantius, Abantian… provides the only example of it modifying a specific substantive. Stephanus of Byzantium in his entry on 'Abantis', an early name for Euboea (cf. Hesiod fr. 296 Merkelbach-West), notes it as the possessive adjective …Matched in noteshighshort

α19ἈβαρνίςAbarnis… and Lampsakos; Barrington Atlas map 51 grid H4. According to Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. *)/abarnos (sic), Abarnos and Aparnis were also attested versions of its name. A scholium to Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.932 (repeated …Matched in noteshighshort

α26ἌβδηραAbdera[1] Actually, as Stephanus of Byzantium and others noted, there were two cities called Abdera: one, the present-day Avdira, in northern Greece (Barrington Atlas map 51 grid D3; RE I.22-23; OCD(4) s.v.); the other, …Matched in noteshighshort

α67ἈβωριγῆνεςAborigines… Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 1.9, cited in the long entry in Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. (which defines them as an "Italian" people). [1] A marginal addition in ms A.Matched in noteshighshort

α75ἈβρεττηνήAbrettene… Its name is derived from the nymph Brettia (according to Stephanus of Byzantium s.v.), and it lay between the Rhyndakos and Makestos rivers in Asian Mysia (present-day Turkey): Barrington Atlas map 62 grid A2. …Matched in noteshighshort

α142ἈγαμήδηςAgamedes[1] See under epsiloniota 323. [2] Stephanus of Byzantium lists this as both a toponym and a (connected ) personal name.Matched in noteshighshort

α395ἈγχιάλειαAnchialeia… Cilicia; the "Anchiale" of alpha 396 (from sigma 122) and Stephanus of Byzantium. Barrington Atlas map 66 grid F3. [2] This definite article is feminine in the Greek, no doubt presupposing 'city'. [3] Sophocles, …Matched in noteshighshort

α586ἈζειῶταιAzeiotai, Azeotae… fragment of Hellanicus of Lesbos (FGrH 4 F58) cited by Stephanus of Byzantium s.v.; also mentioned in Sophocles (fr.569).Matched in noteshighshort

α603ἌζωροςAzoros, Azorus[1] Stephanus of Byzantium s.v.: "Azoros, a city of Pelagonia, of the so-called Tripolis, as Strabo [7.7.9] says; founded by a certain Azoros." There was an Azoros -- the present-day Vouvala -- in the …Matched in noteshighshort

α631Ἀεινόνever-flowingThe 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.Matched in noteshighshort

α733Ἀθήνησινat Athens… AthenAI (*)aqh=nai) from the singular AthenE (*)aqh/nh). (Note, however, that Stephanus of Byzantium listed both of them - and six others - as plural.)Matched in noteshighshort

α780ἈκακήσιονAkakesion, Acacesium… day -- to which it had given its name; cf. Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. See further under alpha 781.Matched in noteshighshort

α858ἈκήAke, Acre… army, to be incorporated in Israel. Demosthenes (52.20), Strabo (16.2.25-26), Stephanus of Byzantium (Ethnica 59.11, 538.7) and Harpocration s.v. all accentuate the name on the first syllable, *)/akh, but this may be a confusion …Matched in noteshighshort

α1043ἈκυληΐαAquileia… 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.Matched in noteshighshort

α1179Ἀλήϊον πεδίονAleian plain… 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 the nearby city. cf. generally alpha …Matched in noteshighshort

α1424ἈλύβηAlube, Alybe… 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 in the east, connecting the Chalybes with the …Matched in noteshighshort

α1866ἈνάζαρβονAnazarbos, 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.Matched in noteshighshort

α1887αἰτιατικῇrecovering… [2] Polybius fr. 104 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 529) that Stephanus (Henri Estienne, 1531-1598) attributed this fragment to Polybius.Matched in noteshighshort

α2287Ἀνεπαρίασανthey 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 …Matched in noteshighshort

α2501ἌνθειαAntheia… [1] In the Peloponnese, near Argos [Myth, Place], according to Stephanus of Byzantium. [2] cf. alpha 2644 (and phi 457). On the hetaira Anteia see Konstantinos Kapparis, Apollodoros 'Against Neaira' [D. 59] (Berlin & …Matched in noteshighshort

α2768ἈντρῶνεςAntrones… From Harpokration s.v., commenting on its mention in Demosthenes 10.9. (Stephanus of Byzantium gives its name in the singular, Antron.) [2] From Photius, and also in some of the paroemiographers; originally Pherecrates fr. 15 …Matched in noteshighshort

α2963ἈπαισόςApaisos, ApaesusIn the Troad; mentioned by Homer, Iliad 2.828; see also Stephanus of Byzantium s.v.Matched in noteshighshort

α3418ἈπολλώνιονApollônion… 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 …Matched in noteshighshort

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