Ἄσφαξ

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Ἄσφαξ OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
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Entry #508
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 140.22 | Billerbeck: Α508
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-06
Word count: 24
Source: vol1_370.jpg
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Ἄσφαξ, ὡς Ἄτραξ, ἔθνος ἐποικίσαν τὴν Κύπρον. μή τις δὲ τὸ Ἄσφαξ τὸ ἔθνος καὶ τὸ Ἄτραξ τὸ κύριον σύνθετον οἰηθείη· ἁπλᾶ γάρ ἐστιν.
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Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.43
char LCS 57 (56.4%) · word LCS 13 (54.2%)
Stephanos
Ἄσφαξ, ὡς Ἄτραξ, ἔθνος ἐποικίσαν τὴν Κύπρον. μή τις δὲ τὸ Ἄσφαξ τὸ ἔθνος καὶ τὸ Ἄτραξ τὸ κύριον σύνθετον οἰηθείη· ἁπλᾶ γάρ ἐστιν.
Herodian
ἀποσφάξ, διασφάξ, βλεφαροσπάξ καὶ φιτροβαστάξ καὶ νεκροβαστάξ. τὸ δὲ Ἄσφαξ βαρύνεται ὡς ἐθνικόν. μή τις δὲ Ἄσφαξ τὸ ἔθνος καὶ τὸ Ἄτραξ τὸ κύριον σύνθετον οἰηθείη. ἁπλᾶ γάρ ἐστιν. καὶ τὸ μὲν Ἄσφαξ ἐστὶν ἔθνος ἐποικίσαν τὴν Κύπρον. ὁ δὲ Ἄτραξ Πηνειοῦ καὶ Βούρας παῖς, ἀφ´ οὗ πόλις Θεσσαλίας κτισθεῖσα ἐκλήθη Ἄτραξ καὶ Ἀτρακία. καὶ τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἄτραξ ὁμοφωνεῖ τῇ πόλει. Λυκόφρων (v. 1309) «καὶ δευτέρου…