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δ1666Δύσοδος(a road) hard to pass… Thus it can occur as a toponym. For instance, in Strabo (12.1.3 and passim) the western part of Cilicia is *traxei=a *kiliki/a, “Rough Cilicia” (web address 1); in Herodotus 4.99.3 the south-eastern part of …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1586ΔυρράχιονDyrrachion, Dyrrachium… 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=| xerronh/sw| legome/nh e)f’ h(=| i(/drutai, 'Epidamnos, a foundation of Korkyra, now called Dyrrachion homonymously …Matched in noteshighshort