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Ἄγκυρα
Ankyra, Ancyra, Ankara
… Sea. According to Pausanias (1.4), Ankyra was founded by Midas.
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. Ankyra ( = Apollonius of Aphrodisias FGrH 740 F14) traces the name of the city to the anchors (ankyra) captured …
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48
Αἰγίλιψ
Aigilips, Aegilips
[1] In Epirus, according to
Stephanus
of Byzantium. [2] Homer, Iliad 9.15, 16.4, and scholia. [3] Not recognized by
Stephanus
(and perhaps deriving from a mis-reading of Homer, Iliad 2.631-5, where Kephallenia and Aigilips …
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533
Βρεντήσιον
Brentesion, Brundisium, Brindisi
OCD(4) p.253, under Brundisium. [1]
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v., following Strabo 6.3.6, is more exact: brention (sic) was their name for the head of a stag.
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1161
Διόμεια
Diomeia
… itself; see rather epsilon 1179). For the present entry cf.
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. and the Aristophanic scholia cited in the notes below. On Diomeia see generally J.S. Traill, The Political Organization of Attica …
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1423
Δούλων πόλις
slaves' city
… [2] This supplement is required by the equivalent entry in
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. See also n.3. [3] Ephorus FGrH 70 F50. [4] From
Stephanus
of Byzantium; cf. n.2. [5] Sosicrates FGrH 461 F2. …
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1569
Δύμας
Dymas
… from the eponymous ancestor of the Dorian tribe Dymanes (Ephorus,
Stephanus
of Byzantium), Dymainai or (in Sparta) Dymanis (scholia on Pindar, Pythian 1.121) or Dymanatai (Herodotus 5.68.13), a certain Dymas (stem Dyman-; erroneously Dymant- …
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1586
Δυρράχιον
Dyrrachion, Dyrrachium
… nomen Dyrrachium appellata). In this sense too Dexippos, quoted by
Stephanus
of Byzantium, reports the change of name from Epidamnos to Dyrrachion. But note Strabo 7.5.8: *)Epi/damnos *Kerkurai/wn kti/sma, h( nu=n *Durra/xion o(mwnu/mws th=| …
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15
Ἀβάντειος
Abanteios, Abantius, Abantian
… provides the only example of it modifying a specific substantive.
Stephanus
of Byzantium in his entry on 'Abantis', an early name for Euboea (cf. Hesiod fr. 296 Merkelbach-West), notes it as the possessive adjective …
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Ἀβαρνίς
Abarnis
… and Lampsakos; Barrington Atlas map 51 grid H4. According to
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. *)/abarnos (sic), Abarnos and Aparnis were also attested versions of its name. A scholium to Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.932 (repeated …
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Ἄβδηρα
Abdera
[1] Actually, as
Stephanus
of Byzantium and others noted, there were two cities called Abdera: one, the present-day Avdira, in northern Greece (Barrington Atlas map 51 grid D3; RE I.22-23; OCD(4) s.v.); the other, …
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Ἀβωριγῆνες
Aborigines
… Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 1.9, cited in the long entry in
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. (which defines them as an "Italian" people). [1] A marginal addition in ms A.
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75
Ἀβρεττηνή
Abrettene
… Its name is derived from the nymph Brettia (according to
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v.), and it lay between the Rhyndakos and Makestos rivers in Asian Mysia (present-day Turkey): Barrington Atlas map 62 grid A2. …
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142
Ἀγαμήδης
Agamedes
[1] See under epsiloniota 323. [2]
Stephanus
of Byzantium lists this as both a toponym and a (connected ) personal name.
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395
Ἀγχιάλεια
Anchialeia
… Cilicia; the "Anchiale" of alpha 396 (from sigma 122) and
Stephanus
of Byzantium. Barrington Atlas map 66 grid F3. [2] This definite article is feminine in the Greek, no doubt presupposing 'city'. [3] Sophocles, …
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586
Ἀζειῶται
Azeiotai, Azeotae
… fragment of Hellanicus of Lesbos (FGrH 4 F58) cited by
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v.; also mentioned in Sophocles (fr.569).
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603
Ἄζωρος
Azoros, Azorus
[1]
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v.: "Azoros, a city of Pelagonia, of the so-called Tripolis, as Strabo [7.7.9] says; founded by a certain Azoros." There was an Azoros -- the present-day Vouvala -- in the …
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631
Ἀεινόν
ever-flowing
The headword a)eino/n, used of water, is a dialectal variant (which occurs in Xiphilinus' epitome of Cassius Dio, p.13 Dindorf-Stephanus) of a)e/nnaon: see alpha 552 and alpha 553.
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733
Ἀθήνησιν
at Athens
… AthenAI (*)aqh=nai) from the singular AthenE (*)aqh/nh). (Note, however, that
Stephanus
of Byzantium listed both of them - and six others - as plural.)
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780
Ἀκακήσιον
Akakesion, Acacesium
… day -- to which it had given its name; cf.
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. See further under alpha 781.
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858
Ἀκή
Ake, Acre
… army, to be incorporated in Israel. Demosthenes (52.20), Strabo (16.2.25-26),
Stephanus
of Byzantium (Ethnica 59.11, 538.7) and Harpocration s.v. all accentuate the name on the first syllable, *)/akh, but this may be a confusion …
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1043
Ἀκυληΐα
Aquileia
… UNESCO World Heritage Site page at web address 2). [2]
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. gives the ethnikon as *\Akulh/ios, but the Suda's form is the norm in (e.g.) Herodian's History.
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1179
Ἀλήϊον πεδίον
Aleian plain
… in Cilicia (Herodotus 6.95.1; Strabo 14.5.17 (676); Arrian, Anabasis 2.5.8;
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. Halai), literally means "wandering" - though Steph. Byz. derived the adjective, more prosaically, from the nearby city. cf. generally alpha …
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1424
Ἀλύβη
Alube, Alybe
… in e.g. Strabo 12.3.20-24 and 13.1.45; also, more faintly, in
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. One tradition -- which recognised the name as Chalybe -- placed it in the east, connecting the Chalybes with the …
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1866
Ἀνάζαρβον
Anazarbos, Anazarbus
… then decided to name the city Anazarbos ("dedicated to Zarbos").
Stephanus
of Byzantium Ethnica s.v. Anazarba knows both the city and its "founder" as Anazarba, but gives no history and no alternative names.
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1887
αἰτιατικῇ
recovering
… [2] Polybius fr. 104 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 529) that
Stephanus
(Henri Estienne, 1531-1598) attributed this fragment to Polybius.
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2287
Ἀνεπαρίασαν
they broke treaties like the Parians
… of this proverb (Zenobius 2.21 and other paroemiographers) occurs in
Stephanus
of Byzantium, s.v. Paros, quoting Ephorus (FGrH 70 F63). The episode in question is the unsuccessful siege of the Aegean island of Paros …
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2501
Ἄνθεια
Antheia
… [1] In the Peloponnese, near Argos [Myth, Place], according to
Stephanus
of Byzantium. [2] cf. alpha 2644 (and phi 457). On the hetaira Anteia see Konstantinos Kapparis, Apollodoros 'Against Neaira' [D. 59] (Berlin & …
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2733
Ἀντιτυπῆσαι
to resist, to strike against
… of scholiasts there. [5] Herodotus 1.67.4 (web address 2 below);
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. Tegea.
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2768
Ἀντρῶνες
Antrones
… From Harpokration s.v., commenting on its mention in Demosthenes 10.9.
(Stephanus
of Byzantium gives its name in the singular, Antron.) [2] From Photius, and also in some of the paroemiographers; originally Pherecrates fr. 15 …
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2963
Ἀπαισός
Apaisos, Apaesus
In the Troad; mentioned by Homer, Iliad 2.828; see also
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