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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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1
Γαβαώ
Gabao, Gabaon, Gibeon
… Gibeon. This is perhaps the origin (via ps.-Herodian 3.1.93.7) of
Stephanus
of Byzantium's reference to a city in Galilee called "Gabaoupolis", with an ethnikon "Gabaoupolites"; he cites Josephus, who in fact refers (Jewish Antiquities …
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γ
5
Γάγγρα
Gangra
… Altas map 86 grid D3. See e.g. Strabo 12.3.41; cf.
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v., citing Alexander Polyhistor (fr. 42 Müller), although Steph. also attests to a city of the same name in Arabia (192.24).
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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40
Γάλλος
Gallos, Gallus
cf.
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. and (post-Suda) Etymologicum Magnum 220.25-6, both specifying Phrygia. In fact, at least two rivers of this name are known (in different parts of present-day Turkey): one in Bithynia, and …
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175
Γεράνεια
Geraneia, Gerania
In Phrygia, according to
Stephanus
of Byzantium. See again gamma 181, (where alphabetical order would place this name). But note also gamma 182.
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181
Γεράνεια
Geraneia, Gerania
[1] In Phrygia: see
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v., and already gamma 175. (But note also gamma 182.) [2] The word for crane, geranos, is the link between the disparate parts of this entry. [3] …
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196
Γερήνιος
Gerenian
… epitome of the venerable elder. For "Gerena," in Messenia, see
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. Gerenia.
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248
Γήρειον
Gereion
[1] Presumably the Indian city that
Stephanus
of Byzantium calls Gereia (s.v. Gazos and s.v. Gereia). [2] Unintelligible, whether or not there is a connection with the noun gh/reion, 'thistledown'.
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404
Γορτύνη
Gortyne, Gortyn
… given as 'Gordynia' in Emathia by Claudius Ptolemy; and cf.
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v.
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δ
1
Δάα
Daa
… Suda entry may be connected with the Daai, glossed by
Stephanus
as a "Skythian people". They were called Dahae in Latin, also (A)parni, and were famous for their horse archers. Barrington Atlas map 97 …
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δ
260
Δέρμη
Derme
A variant, noted by
Stephanus
of Byzantium, for Derbe (in Isauria). See generally e.g. Acts 14.6 & 20, 16.1; Strabo 12.1.4, 12.6.3.
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δ
589
Διακόνιον
diakonion, flat-cake
… [3] Something is amiss here. In the 16th century Henricus
Stephanus
(Henri Etienne) added the participle "carrying." But why "other" round cakes, when no others are named? Perhaps follow the paroemiographer Arsenius and Menecles' …
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869
Διδυμαῖος
Didymaios, Didymaean, Twin
… the joint worship of Apollo and Zeus at Didyma see
Stephanus
of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Didyma and Didyme (229.20-230.4).
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δ
1140
Διογενειανός
Diogenianus, Diogenianus
… [1] For Pontic Heraclea see [delta 1139] Diogenianus (and elsewhere).
Stephanus
of Byzantium lists more than twenty "other" cities of this name, but the lexicographer goes on to specify the one he means: Heraclea …
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1146
Διογένης ἢ Διογενειανός
Diogenes or Diogenianus
… version of his name). [1] See under kappa 2627. [2]
Stephanus
of Byzantium cites this work three times (= Jacoby's F1-3); it was in at least three books.
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1162
Διομήδεια
Diomedeia, Diomedia
… of Dalmatia (present-day Croatia). Barrington Atlas Map 20 Grid D7.
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v.
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δ
1206
Διοσκορίδης
Dioskorides, Dioscorides
… 67 grid B2; alpha 1866. For it, and him, see
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. [2] Again under phi 23. [3] The 30s BCE -- but see above. [4] Principally the five-volume De materia medica, …
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δ
1396
Δορυλάειον
Dorylaeion, Dorylaion, Dorylaeum
… of a city in Phrygia: Strabo 12.8.12 (web address 1);
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v.; present-day Sarhuyuk in Turkey; Barrington Atlas Map 62 Grid E2.
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δ
1416
Δουλίχιος
Doulichios, Doulichion, Dolicha, Doliche, Dulichium
… here is a mistake; it was Doulichion (Homer, Strabo, Pausanias,
Stephanus
of Byzantium), when not Dolicha/Doliche. NF adds: Doulichion in Homer seems to be a substantial island and (controversially; cf. Strabo 10.2.10, 14, 19) …
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1445
Δωδωναῖον χαλκεῖον
Dodonian bronze
… at chi 37, see the paroemiographers (who however, together with
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. Dodona, gloss it as those who speak a lot. Thus Adler might have been better-advised to print (or at least …
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1542
Δρυΐδαι
Druids
… amidst other such brief definitions (e.g. Gymnosophists, Magi); noted by
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. See also e.g. Strabo 4.4.2-5.
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δ
1551
Δρῦς
Drus, Drys
… grid B2. There was also a Drys near Priene, and
Stephanus
of Byzantium cites a city of Oinotria (SE Italy) and a village in Kilikia by an unknown river Aros. The former is probably …
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ε
748
Ἐλάτεια
Elateia, Elatea
… 115 F206) is cited for the alternative spelling; see also
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v.
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ε
761
Ἔλγη
Elge
… Achaia, N Peloponnese, Greece) - Elgos in Lydia, mentioned by
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v.
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ε
768
Ἐλέα
Elea
… B4. [2] Diogenes Laertius 9.28; cf. zeta 77. [3] cf.
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v.; also epsilon 734, epsilon 769.
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769
Ἕλεα
Helos
… *(/elea, but any given city would of course be singular;
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. gives (with this etymology) the instance of Helos in Laconia. For e(/los "marsh" see epsilon 900. [2] *(elea/ths, with the …
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797
Ἐλεών
Eleon, Heleon
Mentioned by Homer. In Boeotia (central Greece), near Tanagra; cf.
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. (A 'village' in Strabo; and classified by the Copenhagen Polis Centre among Boeotia's 'pre-Hellenistic settlements not attested as poleis'.) Likewise …
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ε
810
Ἐλευθήρ
Eleuther, ?Eleutherai
… NW border with Boeotia: see under mu 451, and generally
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. An Eleutheros river and city called Eleutheroupolis are also attested.
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ε
901
Ἔλλουροι
Ellourians, Ellurians, Helourians, Heruli, Heruls
Scythian, according to
Stephanus
of Byzantium, citing Dexippus (where the name is spelled with a single lambda and a rough breathing). In fact better and more authentically known as the Heruli/Heruls; cf. under sigma …
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920
Ἔλυμα
Elyma, Elymaian
According to
Stephanus
of Byzantium, an Elymaian is an inhabitant of 'Elymaia, an Assyrian territory adjacent to the Persian Gulf, near Sousis [= Sousiana]'. See Barrington Atlas map 93.
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