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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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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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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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2963
Ἀπαισός
Apaisos, Apaesus
In the Troad; mentioned by Homer, Iliad 2.828; see also
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v.
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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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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;
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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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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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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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402
Βόσποροι
Bosporoi
… "Bosporian rivers" occurs. (This "Phileas" is perhaps the "Philon" of
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. Bosporos.)
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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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