Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Astarte: an island in Ethiopia. Markianos in the first Periplous: "from here begins Ethiopia above Egypt. After the promontory Bazion comes the mountain Prionoton. By this is the island Astarte". The ethnonym Astartaios or Astartites.
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.