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2616
Κυδωνιάτης
Kydoniate, Cydoniate, Kydonian, Cydonian
… that name, for which this entry gives 2 alternative ethnics.
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. Kydonia (Ethnica 390-391) gives more still: Kydon, Kydonios, Kydonaios, Kydonikos.
Stephanus
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7
Καβησός
Kabesos, Cabesus
… see Homer, Iliad 13.363 (quoted by Strabo 13.1.40); and generally
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. Kabassos.
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9
Καβύλη
Kabyle, Cabyle
… F205, and - for "situated...Thrace" - Anaximenes FGrH 72 F12.
Stephanus
of Byzantium classifies it as a polis and cites Polybius 13.10. See also Strabo 7.6.2 (320): "above Byzantium is situated the tribe of …
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204
Καλλάτις
Kallatis, Callatis
… the NW coast of the Black Sea. See Strabo 7.5.12;
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. Barrington Atlas map 22 grid F5; present-day Mangalia in Romania.
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312
Κανθήλη
Kanthele, Canthele
Stephanus
of Byzantium, citing Hecataeus (FGrH 1 F338ab). lists both a "Kanthele" and a "Kanthelia" as cities in N.Africa; it is generally assumed that they are one and the same.
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319
Κάνωβος
Kanobos, Canobus, Kanopos, Canopus
… of the city was Menelaus' helmsman K.: Strabo 17.1.17) see
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. Kanopos. The city (Barrington Atlas map 74 grid C2) was long sunken. Franck Goddio identified its exact location in the …
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320
Κάνωπος
Canopus, Kanopos
… kappa 319. [4] See kappa 319. Also Strabo 17.1.16-18; cf.
Stephanus
of Byzantium 355.5-12. [5] This phrase is a Stoic maxim; translation quoted from alpha 1654; see there, esp. notes 2 and 3. [6] …
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342
Καπίτων
Kapiton, Capito
… 750 (= this testimonium plus a group of fragments, from
Stephanus
of Byzantium's entries on Lycian place-names). [1] "An ill-defined region of the Taurus mountains sandwiched between Pisidia to the west, Lycaonia to the …
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380
Καρηνός
Karenos
Presumably -- alongside
Stephanus
of Byzantium's Karenaios -- from the Mysian polis Karene/Karena (present-day N Yatagan, in Turkey; Barrington Atlas Map 56 Grid F3).
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381
Κάρης
Kares
… Kryassos, the eponym of the Karian city of that name
(Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v.).
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384
Κάρθαια
Karthaia, Carthaea
… cf. under beta 59. 'A certain place' is unnecessarily tentative;
Stephanus
of Byzantium rightly classifies it as a polis; and cf. Strabo 10.5.6.
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404
Κάρνιος
Karnian
… etc.). The Suda's headword 'Karnios' is also found twice in
Stephanus
of Byzantium: as the ktetikon of a city of Aiolis called Karne, and as the ethnikon of an Akarnanian island-city called Karnos. Probably …
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451
Κασσία
Kassia, Cassia, Keziah
… found with single sigma. [1] Perhaps Kasion in Egypt: see
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. [2] Job 42.14 LXX. [3] Cinnamomum iners. See also next note. [4] Psalm 44.9 LXX; cf. sigma 998.
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459
Κασσωρίς
strumpet, whore
… with single sigma. Both occur in Lykophron; and see also
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. kasorion ("brothel"), quoting Aristophanes, Knights 1285 (kappa 450).
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468
Καστωλός
Kastolos, Castolus
Geographical: a plain (and according to
Stephanus
of Byzantium a homonymous city) in Lydia, present-day Turkey. Mentioned in e.g. Xenophon, Hellenica 1.4.3 (marshaling-point for Persian troops in the region). Barrington Atlas Map 62 Grid …
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522
Καταδείσας
having come to fear greatly
Likewise in two adjacent entries (kappa242 and 243 Theodoridis) of Photius. [1] Evidently quoted from somewhere (there are numerous possibilities), the headword is aorist active participle of katadei/dw, masculine nominative singular; cf. delta 367. …
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1136
Καυλωνία
Kaulonia, Caulonia
… of that name, there, was once called Aulonia according to
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. (who mentions homonymous cities in Sicily and central Greece [Lokris]).
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1220
Κεγχρεαί
Kenchreai, Cenchreae
… by Raymond V. Schoder, S.J., at web address 1. But
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. also notes places of this name in the Troad and in Italy.
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1227
Κεδρωσία
Kedrosia, Gedrosia
… and Agatharchides. Most other authors, including Strabo, Claudius Ptolemy and
Stephanus
of Byzantium spell it 'Gedrosia'. The term normally describes a chora/territory, not a city. If a city is meant, it is likely to …
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2088
Κορίννα
Korinna, Corinna
… kappa 2087 (with references there) and kappa 2089. Similarly in
Stephanus
of Byzantium, s.v. Thespeia (a variant for Thespiai: theta 276).
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2098
Κορνοῦτος
Cornutus
… article at web address 1. See also Cassius Dio 62.29;
Stephanus
of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. *Te/rgis; Etymologicum Magnum s.v. *Zeu/s and omega 182. The first and principal paragraph of the present entry is Aelian …
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2102
Κόρομνα
Koromna, Coromna
… it is the "Koromane" (in the Persian Gulf) mentioned by
Stephanus
of Byzantium. Or perhaps [NF] an error for Kromna, though that name is normally spelled with an omega (kappa 2494).
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2104
Κορώνεια
Koroneia, Coroneia
… name of a city in Boiotia (central Greece) - though
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. lists several others.
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2170
Κοτύωρα
Kotyora, Cotyora
… (web address 1). [2] Still Kotyora by the time of
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. (who classifies it as a village).
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2299
Κωρυκαῖος
Korykaian, man from Korykos
… pirates and not just the informants is in Strabo 14.1,
Stephanus
of Byzantium (Ethnica p.4-2 Meineke), and Zenobius 4.75, who also cited the passage from Menander as a proverb. Zenobius' version is cited in …
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2411
Κρητῖνος
Kretinos
… otherwise unattested in this nominative case. What is attested (in
Stephanus
of Byzantium and Herodian, citing Phlegon of Tralles [FGrH 257 F30]), is the genitive Kretinou, as that of one of the successive founders …
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2453
Κρίτων
Kriton, Criton, Crito
… (otherwise attested only in the plural in Strabo 9.5.22), in
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. [2] Not even fragments of any of these works survive, and indeed the present entry is the only testimonium pertaining …
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2455
Κρόβυζοι
Krobyzoi, Crobyzi
Of eastern Europe, north of the Danube. Strabo 7.2.12,
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v., and see already zeta 17. (See also kappa 2456.)
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2722
Κυνὸς σῆμα
Kynossema, Cynossema, Bitch's gravestone
cf. hypothesis to Homer, Odyssey Book 1;
Stephanus
of Byzantium 394.11 (defining it as 'a place in Libya' but noting that 'there is another location'); and again kappa 2723 (q.v.). In the present entry …
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