Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Astyra: a city of Mysia, neuter, by the Troad. Also said in the singular Astyron. There is also a village near Adramyttion, as Strabo. There is also a city of Phoenicia opposite Arados, in which Athena Astyris was honoured. There is also one of Boiotia near Potniai, as Charax in the second. There is also a place of Italy. The ethnonym Astyrenos, from which the sanctuary of Astyrene Artemis.
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.
Ἄστυρα, πόλις Μυσίας, οὐδετέρως, πρὸς τῇ Τρωάδι. λέγεται καὶ ἑνικῶς Ἄστυρον. ἔστι καὶ κώμη πλησίον τοῦ Ἀδραμυττίου, ὡς Στράβων. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Φοινίκης κατ´ Ἄραδον, ἐν ᾗ ἐτιμᾶτο ἡ Ἀθηνᾶ Ἀστυρίς. ἔστι καὶ Βοιωτίας πρὸς ταῖς Ποτνίαις, ὡς Χάραξ ἐν δευτέρᾳ. ἔστι καὶ χωρίον Ἰταλίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἀστυρηνός, ἀφ´ οὗ τὸ τῆς Ἀστυρηνῆς Ἀρτέμιδος ἱερόν.
Τὰ εἰς 'ρον' ὑπὲρ δύο συλλαβὰς τῷ 'υ' παραληγόμενα βαρύνεται, ἄχυρον, πίτυρον, ἐνέχυρον, πρόθυρον, βούτυρον, λέπυρον, ἄστυρον. ἔστι καὶ Ἄστυρον πόλις Μυσίας πρὸς τῇ Τρῳάδι, ἣ καὶ πληθυντικῶς λέγεται· ἔστι καὶ κώμη πλησίον τοῦ Ἀδραμυττίου, ὡς Στράβων. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Φοινίκης κατ´ Ἄραδον, ἐν ᾗ ἐτιμᾶτο ἡ Ἀθηνᾶ Ἀστυρίς. ἔστι καὶ Βοιωτίας πρὸς ταῖς Ποτνίαις, ὡς Χάραξ ἐν δευτέρᾳ. ἔστι καὶ χωρίον Ἰταλίας. Κίχυρον, Πάλμυρον, Σίμυρα· οὕτως οὐδετέρως Ἔφορος Σίμυρον πόλιν Σύρων φησί. Ἀτάβυρον ὄρος Ῥόδου Ῥιανὸς ἕκτῳ Μεσσηνιακῶν. Ἄγγυρον ὄνομα ὄρους. Τίβυρα. οὕτως Ἀρτεμίδωρος τετάρτῳ γεωγραφουμένων Τίβυριν πόλιν Ἰταλίας καλεῖ…