Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Aspalathis: an island of Lycia. It is so called because of the aspalathos-shrubs growing on it. The ethnonym Aspalathidios as 'Psophidios' and 'Aulidios', or Aspalathites as 'Memphites'.
External translation supplied by Brady Kiesling; reported Claude Fable 5.5 translation. Credit: Brady Kiesling and the Stephanos project (Greg Baker, Gabriel Jower, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling). Not individually verified; exact Greek input not supplied.
Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.
Ἀσπαλαθίς, νῆσος Λυκίας. λέγεται οὕτω διὰ τὰς ἐν αὐτῇ πεφυκυίας ἀσπαλάθους. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἀσπαλαθίδιος ὡς Ψωφίδιος καὶ Αὐλίδιος, ἢ Ἀσπαλαθίτης ὡς Μεμφίτης.
… (v. 1021) «Κρᾶθις δὲ γείτων ἠδὲ Μυλάκων ὄρος». καὶ Ὦφθις πόλις Λιβύης Αἰγύπτῳ περικειμένη. Τὰ εἰς 'θις' ὑπερδισύλλαβα ὀξύνεται μὴ ὄντα ὀνόματα πόλεων Αἰγυπτίων, ἀκανθίς, κολοκυνθίς, ἀγαθίς. Ἠμαθίς χώρα ἡ νῦν Μακεδονία. Ἀσπαλαθίς νῆσος Λυκίας. λέγεται οὕτω διὰ τὰς ἐν αὐτῇ πεφυκυίας ἀσπαλάθους. Ἀψυνθίς χώρα. Ἐρυμανθίς, Οἰανθίς, Τιρυνθίς, Παρνηθίς, Πεπαρηθίς. τὸ δὲ Ταμίαθις καὶ Μένουθις κώμη πρὸς τῷ Κανώβῳ καὶ Τερένουθις, Θέρμουθις, Ἔλβονθις πόλις μεταξὺ Αἰγύπτου καὶ Κυρήνης, Φενέβηθις, Ἕρμωνθις πόλεις Αἰγύπτο…