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Ἰαζύγων
Iazyges
… were a Sarmatian nomadic group located near the Danube; see
Strabo
7.2.4, generally OCD(4) 723 (and 1319 s.v. Sarmatae), and cf. nu 269.
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31
Ἰάμνια
Iamnia, Jamnia, Jabneh
… (Arabic Yibna); Barrington Atlas map 70 grid F2; mentioned by
Strabo
(16.2.28-29, classifying it as a "village") and Stephanus of Byzantium s.v.
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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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52
Ἰάσων
Jason, Iason
… father cannot be the grammarian Menecrates of Nysa mentioned by
Strabo
(14.1.48), though he is presumably a member of the same family (on which see also Heath [1998]). [1] In northern Caria. [2] pi …
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348
Ἱμέριος
Himerius, Himerios
… confused with the better-known Prusa, to the south. See generally
Strabo
12.4.3. [2] pi 2375: Prohaeresius.
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365
Ἰνάρωνος
Inaron, Inaron's
… many other Suda entries) in the genitive case. cf. generally
Strabo
17.1.18, Diodorus Siculus 1.64.13.
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412
Ἰόλεια
Ioleia
For 'golden-haired Ioleia', a.k.a. Iole (iota 413), see e.g.
Strabo
14.1.18 (quoting Callimachus).
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419
Ἰόπη
Iope, Jope
… single-pi variant on the toponym Joppa/Joppe (iota 420); in e.g.
Strabo
1.2.35. Also, in mythology, the daughter of Iphikles whom one story said Theseus married; see e.g. Plutarch, Theseus 29.1-2.
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521
Ἵππαρχος
Hipparchus, Hipparchos
… (For Eratosthenes see epsilon 2898.) This title is known from
Strabo
(1.1.12; 2.1.41) to belong to a work on geography; it surely lies behind the garbled ei)s ta\s a)ri/stous of the text. [DW: other …
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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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661
Ἰσός
Isos, Isus
… place'; and that place could be Isos in NE Boiotia
(Strabo
9.2.14) or else iota 662.
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785
Ἰχναίη
Ichnaie, Ichnaia, Ichnaea
… is honored [Homeric Hymn to Apollo 94]'. Hesychius' source is
Strabo
9.5.14.
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