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ε
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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ε
1339
Ἐνιζάνει
settles on
… "into a contest".) No such river is otherwise attested, though
Stephanus
of Byzantium registers an island "of Etruria" called Orgon.
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ε
2405
Ἐπίκουρος
Epicurus, Epikouros
… Homer and Hesiod as participating to the Trojan War. See
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v., and lambda 831.
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6
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6
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6
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6
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4
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4
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4
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3
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3
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3
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3
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3
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3
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3
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3
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2
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2
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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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1
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ε
2424
Ἐπίκτητος
Epiktetos, Epictetus
… its warm springs see Strabo 13.4.14; Vitruvius, On architecture 8.3;
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. [2] On this detail of Epictetus' life see John Chrysostom, Homily 13 on Acts, PG 60.111.30; Macrobius, Saturnalia 2.11.4 (who …
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ε
2931
Ἐρέσιον
Eresion, Eresium
… 2.499 (web address 1); epsiloniota 106 ("Eilesion, a place") and
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v.
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ε
2940
Ἐρετριεύς
Eretrieus
… 295. 'Eretrieus' was both the name of its eponymous founder
(Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v.) and the ethnikon of any of its citizens.
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ε
3019
Ἑρκύνιοι δρυμοί
Hercynian forests (?Black Forest)
… Eustathius on D.P. [above] 298.34f., an account apparently misunderstood in
Stephanus
217.22-218.5; cf. R.R. Dyer, "Matoas, the Thraco-Phrygian name for the Danube, and the IE root *madu" (Glotta 52, 1974, 91-95). The element dan …
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ε
3094
Ἐρύθεια
Erytheia, Erythea, Erythia
… off the SW coast of Spain, near Gades/Gadeira (gamma 7);
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v.; Barrington Atlas Map 26 Grid D5.
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ε
3098
Ἐρυθραία
Erythraia, Erythraea
… esp. the one in Ionia (epsilon 3099). For Erythraia see
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v., and note also the Sibylla Erythraia (eta 541, sigma 355, sigma 361, chi 484). For the Erythraian Sea -- not …
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ε
3185
Ἑσπερίτης λίμνη
western sea
… phrase is presumably quoted from somewhere. For the gloss cf.
Stephanus
of Byzantiums s.v. e(speri/ths. For li/mnh in this sense see LSJ s.v., I.2. cf. generally epsilon 3184.
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ε
3255
Ἐσχατόωσαν
terminating
… The phrase is quoted by Strabo (1.2.3, 9.2.13, 9.2.14), Herodian,
Stephanus
of Byzantium, and others.
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ε
3750
Εὐστέφιος
Eustephios, Eustephius
… grid A2 (present-day Geyre). [2] On the coast thereof (so
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v.) but not precisely locatable.
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ε
3755
Εὐστόχιος
Eustochios, Eustochius
… under kappa 2288. [2] This latter work is cited by
Stephanus
of Byzantium in his entry on Panticapaeum (FGrH 738 F1). For Cappadocia cf. kappa 325.
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ε
3787
Εὐοῖ σαβοῖ
Euoi, Euoi, Saboi!
… actually uses, Saboi, refers to a Phrygian or Thracian tribe
(Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v.; Eustathius, Commentary on Dionysius Periegetes 1069.5, also mentioning an Indian tribe of the name and the Arabian Sabai). Hippolytus, however, …
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ε
3801
Εὐφορίων
Euphorion, Euphorio
… Adler). [7] OCD(4) s.v. Alexander(9). [8] Strabo (9.1.18, 9.5.22) and
Stephanus
of Byzantium say 'from Mopsopos'. [9] Ruhnken, as Adler notes, proposed emending this to 'to Antiochus'. [10] This actual title (if such it …
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ει
135
Εἱλωτίς
helot-woman, female helot
… among ethnics by Herodian, De prosodia catholica 3.1.103.12, and by
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. Helos.
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η
51
Ἥγημαι
I consider
The 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 …
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η
71
Ἡγουμενεία
abbacy, hêgoumeneia
This 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 …
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η
104
Ἠδωνίς
Edonis
… 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 …
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η
132
Ἠετιώνεια
Eetioneia, 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. …
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η
267
Ἠλώνη
Elone
… mentioned by Homer, Iliad 2.739. Later called Leimone. See generally
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v.
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η
520
Ἤριον
Erion
[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.
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η
536
Ἡρόδοτος
Herodotus, 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), …
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ι
31
Ἰάμνια
Iamnia, Jamnia, Jabneh
… mentioned by Strabo (16.2.28-29, classifying it as a "village") and
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v.
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ι
271
Ἰκόνιον
Ikonion, Iconium
[1] In Lykaonia; present-day Konya, in southern Turkey. See
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. See also under mu 406. [2] Plausible enough, but attested only here and in ps.-Zonaras; Steph Byz. gives the better-attested form …
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ι
342
Ἴμβρος
Imbros, Imbrus
… is a river ImbrASos on the island of Samos: see
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v., and iota 341). [2] Unattested outside lexicography.
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ι
494
Ἰωνία
Ionia
… was held to be the founder of Ephesos; see e.g.
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. Benna. [3] cf. e.g. Aelian, Varia Historia 8.5 (without mention of Androklos). [4] The Danube. [5] On Darius and the …
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ι
509
Ἰωτάπατα
Iotapata
From
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. In Judaea; present-day Yodfat, in Israel. Site of a famous siege, by Vespasian, in 67 CE.
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ι
591
Ἵπυς
Hipys, Hippys
… version of his name is the -pp- one, as in
Stephanus
of Byzantium (s.v. Arkadia) and elsewhere. See generally Lionel Pearson, The Greek Historians of the West (Atlanta 1987) 8-10, summarizing the case for …
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ι
621
Ἰσσαῖος
Issaian, Issaean
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. Issos gives this as the ethnikon of that city (for which see iota 662), but in Polybius 2.11.12 the Issaioi are the denizens of the Dalmatian island of Issa; and …
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