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- κ2406ΚρήτηCrete, Krete, KritiSee Strabo, Geography 1.4.2, at web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort
- ι412ἸόλειαIoleiaFor 'golden-haired Ioleia', a.k.a. Iole (iota 413), see e.g. Strabo 14.1.18 (quoting Callimachus).Matched in noteshighshort
- μ243ΜασαισύλιονMasaisylian, MasaesylianOf north Africa. See e.g. Polybius 3.33.15, 16.23.6; Strabo 2.5.33, 17.3.15; mentioned also in Plutarch and Polyaenus. This entry is repeated as mu 246. Perhaps [NF] because, besides the Masaisylioi, there was also a …Matched in noteshighshort
- α3805ἈρδεᾶταιArdeatai, Ardeati, ArdeatesStrabo 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, …Matched in noteshighshort
- α3881ἌριμαArima… 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. LSJ s.v. Areimanios, II …Matched in noteshighshort
- η360Ἠμωδὸν ὄροςMount Emodos, Mount EmodusSee e.g. Strabo 11.8.1 (as 'Emoda'), 15.1.11, 28-29, 72; Arrian, Indica 2.3, 6.4. A vague name for the eastern part of what nowadays would be called the Caucasus: Barrington Atlas map 6 grid EF2. …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2343ΚρατήτειοςKrateteian, Cratetian… speaking, that of anyone of this name; in practice (in Strabo and elsewhere) pertaining to kappa 2342.Matched in noteshighshort
- η539ἩρόστρατοςHerostratos, Herostratus… the man who burned down the first Artemision in Ephesus (Strabo 14.1.22 at web address 1, etc.).Matched in noteshighshort
- α3963ἍρμαHarmaHarma, in the mountains between Attica and Boiotia (Strabo 9.2.11 calls it "in Boiotia"), was a place where lightning-omens were watched for; the proverb from it (besides Strabo loc.cit. see Plutarch, Moralia 679C) thus …Matched in noteshighshort
- αι204ΑἱμονίαHaimonia, HaemoniaAn ancient name for Thessaly (in northern Greece): Strabo 9.5.23; Stephanus of Byzantium s.v.; Horace Odes 1.37.20 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
- δ1416ΔουλίχιοςDoulichios, Doulichion, Dolicha, Doliche, Dulichium… name given 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, …Matched in noteshighshort
- α3949ἈρκαῖοςArcaeus, ArkaiosApparently unattested outside lexicography. (In Strabo 12.8.14 the deity "Men Arkaios" in Pisidian Antioch is thought to be a corruption of "Aska-enos".)Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2455ΚρόβυζοιKrobyzoi, CrobyziOf eastern Europe, north of the Danube. Strabo 7.2.12, Stephanus of Byzantium s.v., and see already zeta 17. (See also kappa 2456.)Matched in noteshighshort
- κ204ΚαλλάτιςKallatis, CallatisOn the NW coast of the Black Sea. See Strabo 7.5.12; Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Barrington Atlas map 22 grid F5; present-day Mangalia in Romania.Matched in noteshighshort
- δ260ΔέρμηDerme… (in Isauria). See generally e.g. Acts 14.6 & 20, 16.1; Strabo 12.1.4, 12.6.3.Matched in noteshighshort
- μ1152ΜνεῦιςMneuisA sacred bull in Heliopolis: see e.g. Strabo 17.1.22 & 27; Diodorus Siculus 1.21.10, 1.84.4, 1.88.4.Matched in noteshighshort
- χ437ΧωράσμιοςChorasmios, Chorasmian… extent, at any rate, of being an inhabitant of Chorasmia (Strabo 11.8.8 [web address 1]; Lucian, Macrobii 4.9), south of the Aral Sea.Matched in noteshighshort
- α603ἌζωροςAzoros, Azorus… "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 mountains of Perrhaibia (northern Thessaly; …Matched in noteshighshort
- α4169Ἄσκησιςasceticism… the headword (others are attested: see alpha 4170) see e.g. Strabo 15.1.61 (Brahmans) and generally LSJ s.v., under III.2 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
- ι785ἸχναίηIchnaie, Ichnaia, Ichnaea… is honored [Homeric Hymn to Apollo 94]'. Hesychius' source is Strabo 9.5.14.Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2401ΚρηστωνίαKrestonia, CrestoniaMentioned in Strabo (7 fr.41) and elsewhere. An area of Thrace/Macedonia (nowadays northern Greece); Barrington Atlas map 50 grid C3. Herodotus and Thucydides, amongst others, use the adjective *krhstwniko/s.Matched in noteshighshort
- μ913ΜηκώνηMekone, MeconeAn early name (so Strabo 8.2.25; cf. Stephanus of Byzantium s.v.) for Sikyon, in the NE Peloponnese of Greece (sigma 403). See also sigma 402.Matched in noteshighshort
- ι31ἸάμνιαIamnia, Jamnia, Jabneh… (Arabic Yibna); Barrington Atlas map 70 grid F2; mentioned by Strabo (16.2.28-29, classifying it as a "village") and Stephanus of Byzantium s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
- χ429ΧῶναιChonai… Asia Minor: Barrington Atlas Map 65 grid B2. (Note also Strabo 6.1.3 on on Chone near Kroton, S Italy.)Matched in noteshighshort
- ι365ἸνάρωνοςInaron, Inaron's… many other Suda entries) in the genitive case. cf. generally Strabo 17.1.18, Diodorus Siculus 1.64.13.Matched in noteshighshort
- ε252ἘδοῦοιEdouoi, Edui… preferable, because these must be the Gallic Aedui (Aidouoi in Strabo, Appian and Cassius Dio); see generally OCD(4) s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
- ι45ἸαρδάνηςIardanes… Peloponnese (Greece): Homer, Iliad 7.135 (web address 1) with scholia; Strabo 8.3.12 (web address 2); a.k.a. Iardanos. Not to be confused with iota 422.Matched in noteshighshort
- αι123ΑἴθικεςAithikes, AethicesIn northern Greece, between Epirus 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.Matched in noteshighshort
- κ353ΚάραμβιςKarambis, Carambis… of Paphlagonia (SE shore of the Black Sea). Mentioned by Strabo and others. Barrington Atlas Map 86 Grid D1; present-day Kerembe in Turkey.Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2612Κύδνιον ῥεῦμαKydnian current, Kydnian flow, Cydnian current, Cydnian flow… quotation, occurs only here. Cf. Kydnos near Rhegma mentioned by Strabo (14.5.10).Matched in noteshighshort