Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Aphormion: a place of the Thespians. Aphrodisios or Euphemios in his On the Fatherland. Whence also he who steered the ship Argo, Tiphys, came: "and there is a story among us that the ship set out from here with the chieftains, from where the ship sailed away". The local inhabitant Aphormieus as 'Aigieus' 'Sounieus'.
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.
Ἀφόρμιον, τόπος Θεσπιέων. Ἀφροδίσιος ἤτοι Εὐφήμιος ἐν τῷ περὶ τῆς πατρίδος. ὅθεν καὶ τὸν κυβερνήσαντα τὴν ναῦν τὴν Ἀργὼ Τῖφυν γενέσθαι “καὶ λόγος παρ´ ἡμῖν τῆς νεὼς ἀφορμησάσης ἐντεῦθεν μετὰ τῶν ἀριστέων, ἀφ´ οὗπερ ἀπέπλευσεν ἡ ναῦς”. ὁ τοπίτης Ἀφορμιεύς ὡς Αἰγιεύς Σουνιεύς.
…ς μεῖζον τῶν ἄλλων. τετάρτη περὶ Βιθυνίαν. πέμπτη τῆς Αἰολίδος καὶ Φρυγίας. * Ὡσαύτως καὶ τὰ εἰς 'υλλιον' ὑποκοριστικά, παιδαρύλλιον, κρεύλλιον, μειρακύλλιον. * Τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'μιον' προπαροξύνεται, Μενεδήμιον πόλις Λυκίας. Ἀφόρμιον τόπος Θεσπιέων. Ἀφροδίσιος ἤτοι Εὐφήμιος ἐν τῷ περὶ τῆς πατρίδος. ὅθεν καὶ τὸν κυβερνήσαντα τὴν ναῦν τὴν Ἀργὼ Τῖφυν. «καὶ λόγος παρ´ ἡμῖν τῆς νεὼς ἀφορμησάσης ἐντεῦθεν μετὰ τῶν ἀριστέων,