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Ἀπαισός
Apaisos, Apaesus
In the Troad; mentioned by Homer, Iliad 2.828; see also
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of Byzantium s.v.
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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
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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
Stephanus
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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3791
Ἀργυρίππη
Argyrippe
… in Italy but further south, in Apulia. See Strabo 6.3.9;
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. Spelling with a single p is more common. Chief city of the Daunians and also known as Argos [Myth, Place] …
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3805
Ἀρδεᾶται
Ardeatai, Ardeati, Ardeates
Strabo 5.3.4 and
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. Ardea give this as the ethnikon of Ardea in Latium (central Italy). See generally OCD(4) p.145, s.v. Ardea. Strabo 7.5.1 mentions an Ardea or Ardia in Dalmatia, …
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3847
Ἀρήνη
Arene
Near Lepreon in Elis. Mentioned by Pausanias 5.5.6; cf. also
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. Arenai (two cities of this name, one of them in Elis).
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3881
Ἄριμα
Arima
[1] See
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v., noting that their location was disputed: Cilicia (so Strabo 13.4.6), Syria, or even Italy. [2] Perhaps an ape-god, to judge from the etymology (cf. Strabo 13.4.6), though cf. …
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3985
Ἄρνη
Arne
From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 2.507.
Stephanus
of Byzantium lists 4 'cities' of this name, in various places, but the one the Suda means is unambiguous. According to Pausanias 9.40.5 (web address 1), …
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4444
Αὖλις
tent; Aulis
… Iphigeneia was sacrificed. See generally e.g. Strabo 9.2.8, Pausanias 9.19.6,
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v.
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4640
Ἀφουσία
Aphousia
… (NW Greece), mentioned in Pliny, Natural History 4.53; cf. also
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. Brettia island in the Adriatic, called by the Greeks Elaphoussa. However, much more probably it is present-day Avsa in the …
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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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123
Αἴθικες
Aithikes, Aethices
… and Thessaly: Homer, Iliad 2.744; Strabo 7.7.8-9, 9.5.11-12 & 19;
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. See also under alpha 683.
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128
Αἰθιόπιον
Aithiopion, Aethiopium, Ethiopium
… (associated with a cult of Artemis Aithiopia) -- however, in
Stephanus
of Byzantium this toponym is spelled Aithopion.
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130
Αἴθλη
Aithle
… chi 316. Same form of the name in Theognostus, but
Stephanus
of Byzantium has Aithale.
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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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204
Αἱμονία
Haimonia, Haemonia
An ancient name for Thessaly (in northern Greece): Strabo 9.5.23;
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v.; Horace Odes 1.37.20 (web address 1).
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216
Αἰνειάδες
Aineiades, Aeneades, sons of Aeneas
… [2] In Perraebia (N.Greece). [3] For this variant see e.g.
Stephanus
of Byzantium, s.v. Ainia.
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268
Αἴπεια
Aipeia
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. registers three poleis of this name, in 'Lakonike', Cyprus and Crete. The first of them is most likely to have generated this Suda entry and its counterparts (Hesychius alpha2045; Ambrosian …
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340
Αἰσύμη
Aisume, Aisyme
… locative) at Homer, Iliad 8.304 (which generated an entry in
Stephanus
of Byzantium); Aisymne is a variant in that verse.
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62
Βαλανεώτης
Balaneate
A citizen of the Phoenician city of Balaneai/Balanea/Leukas: so
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v.; mentioned also in Josephus, Jewish Wars 1.428 (web address 1). Adler reports an identical entry in the Ambrosian Lexicon.
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115
Βάρεις ἐλεφάντιναι
ivory bastions, ivory towers
… Psalm 44:10 LXX. [2] For stoa see under beta 114.
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of Byzantium lists a city (of unspecified location) called Baris, adding that the word was also used by Posidippus to mean an oikia …
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117
Βαρκαίοις
Barkaian (ones), Barcaean (ones)
… cf. omicron 1064. For Barke/Ptolemais see Strabo 17.3.20-21 (C837) and
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. On its chariots see e.g. Aeneas Tacticus 16.14, with D. Whitehead, Aineias the Tactician: How to Survive under Siege (Oxford …
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282
Βιζύη
Bizye, Bizue
… who provided kings for Thrace under the Romans. Strabo 7a.1.48;
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v.
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402
Βόσποροι
Bosporoi
… "Bosporian rivers" occurs. (This "Phileas" is perhaps the "Philon" of
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. Bosporos.)
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566
Βροῖσις
Broisis
… Lexicon (879), so of uncertain location. Perhaps [NF] in Macedonia:
Stephanus
of Byzantium lists both a people called the Braisoi and an area called Brousis -- home to the Brousoi -- there. Alternatively [CR], …
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581
Βοίδιον
calf
… Anthology 7.169.7-8; cf. Hesychius of Miletus FGrH 390 F1 paras.28-30;
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. Bosporos; Kodinos p. 9 (Bonn); Constantine Porphyrogenitus, De thematibus 2.12; Dionysius of Byzantium 110 (ed. Gungreich). For Chares see chi …
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