Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Minoa: a city on the island of Amorgos, one of the Cyclades. A city of Sicily. On Siphnos, one of the Cyclades; it also has a spring called Minoan. Gaza too used to be called Minoa. There is also one in Arabia, whose citizens are Minoatai, from Minos. There is also one in Crete. There is also another island not far from Megara. Paros too is Minoa. The citizens are Minooi.
Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.
Μίνῳα, [πόλις] ἐν Ἀμοργῷ τῇ νήσῳ, μιᾷ τῶν Κυκλάδων. δευτέρα πόλις Σικελίας. τρίτη ἐν Σίφνῳ, μιᾷ τῶν Κυκλάδων. ἔχει δὲ καὶ Μίνῳαν κρήνην. ἐκαλεῖτο καὶ ἡ Γάζα Μίνῳα· ἔστι καὶ Ἀραβίας, ἧς οἱ πολῖται Μινωῖται, ἀπὸ Μίνωος. ἔστι καὶ Κρήτης. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη νῆσος οὐ πόρρω Μεγάρων. καὶ ἡ Πάρος Μίνῳα· οἱ πολῖται Μινῷαι.
…τέλλει τὸ 'α' καὶ ἐκτείνει τὸ 'υ' καὶ προπαροξύνει, ἐναλλαγὴν τόνου καὶ χρόνου πεποιηκώς. Τὰ εἰς 'α' μακρὸν καθαρὸν τῷ 'ω' παραληγόμενα βαρύνεται, ὤα ἡ μηλωτή, Κριώα δῆμος τῆς Ἀντιοχίδος φυλῆς, ψοθώα ἡ ψώρα. ὡσαύτως καὶ Μινῴα πόλις ἐν Ἀμοργῷ τῇ νήσῳ μιᾷ τῶν Κυκλάδων. δευτέρα πόλις Σικελίας. τρίτη ἐν Σίφνῳ μιᾷ τῶν Κυκλάδων. ἔχει δὲ καὶ Μινῴαν κρήνην. ἐκαλεῖτο καὶ ἡ Γάζα Μινῴα, ὅτι Μίνως σὺν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς Αἰακῷ καὶ Ῥαδαμάνθυι ἰὼν ἐξ αὑτοῦ ταύτην ἐκάλεσεν. ἔστι καὶ Ἀραβίας. ἔστι καὶ Κρήτης. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη νῆσος οὐ πόρρω Μεγάρων καὶ ἡ Πάρος Μινῴα. ἠῴα, προθυρῴα, ὑπερῴα τριγενῆ. ταῦτα δὲ οὐ παρὰ …