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- η267ἨλώνηElone… mentioned by Homer, Iliad 2.739. Later called Leimone. See generally Stephanus of Byzantium s.v.
- η520ἬριονErion[1] According to Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Heraia, an alternative name for this promontory opposite Chalkedon (chi 38). [2] cf. eta 511, eta 512, eta 524.
- η71Ἡγουμενείαabbacy, hêgoumeneiaThis headword, h(goumeni/a, according to H.Stephanus is "dignitas abatis", the rank of an abbot (h(goume/nos, eta 72). The term, although used exclusively in the Byzantine age, is to be found in Herodian, who likewise …
- η104ἨδωνίςEdonis… paragraph of this entry derives from Aristotle fr. 478 (in Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Antandros). The second has already appeared under alphaiota 44 and makes a poor fit here. [1] In Thrace, north of …
- η51ἭγημαιI considerThe headword verb is the perfect tense of h(geo/mai, which can be present in meaning (see H.Stephanus s.v. with several examples of it). The entry is taken from Photius, Lexicon eta33, where Theodoridis notes …
- η132ἨετιώνειαEetioneia, Eetionia… Philochorus (FGrH 328 F72) and Thucydides (8.90-92). [1] (Also in Stephanus of Byzantium and elsewhere.) Meaning "other" than the Akte peninsula; the northerly and lesser of the two promontories which enclosed the Great Harbour. …
- 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), …