Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Aphanai: an obscure place of Sicily, from which the "to Aphanai" of things unseen and out of the way. The ethnonym Aphanaios.
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.
Ἀφάναι, χωρίον Σικελίας ἄσημον, ἀφ´ οὗ ἡ “εἰς Ἀφάνας” ἐπὶ τῶν ἀδήλων καὶ ἐκτετοπισμένων. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἀφαναῖος.
…. Χανδάνη πόλις Ἰαπυγίας. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ «ἐν δὲ Χανδάνη πόλις, μετὰ δὲ Πευκαῖοι». Ἀδράνη πόλις Θρᾴκης, ἣ μικρὸν ὑπὲρ τῆς Βερενίκης κεῖται, ὡς Θεόπομπος. Πολύβιος δὲ διὰ τοῦ 'η' τὴν μέσην λέγει ἐν τρισκαιδεκάτῃ, Ἀδρήνη. Ἀφάναι χωρίον Σικελίας ἄσημον, ἀφ´ οὗ ἡ «εἰς Ἀφάνας»