Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Bessa: a city of the Lokrians. Herodian writes it with one 's', Apollodoros and Epaphroditos and Herakleon with two. "Bessa and Skarphe and lovely Augeiai". It was named from the nature of the place, being wooded-glen-like. The ethnonym Bessaios.
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.
Βῆσσα, πόλις Λοκρῶν. Ἡρωδιανὸς δι´ ἑνὸς « σ » γράφει, Ἀπολλόδωρος δὲ καὶ Ἐπαφρόδιτος καὶ Ἡρακλέων διὰ δύο. “Βῆσσάν τε Σκάρφην τε καὶ Αὐγειὰς ἐρατεινάς”. ὠνομάσθη δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ τόπου φύσεως ναπώδους οὔσης. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Βησσαῖος.
… ἵδρυται Διόνυσος Βρισαῖος. Νῖσα ἡ πόλις. Νῦσα πόλεις πολλαί, ἐν Ἑλικῶνι, ἐν Θρᾴκῃ, ἐν Καρίᾳ, ἐν Ἀραβίᾳ, ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, ἐν Νάξῳ, ἐν Ἰνδοῖς, ἐπὶ τοῦ Καυκάσου ὄρους, ἐν Εὐβοίᾳ. φῦσα, βῆσσα καὶ Βῆσα πόλις Λοκρῶν δι´ ἑνὸς 'σ', Ἀπολλόδωρος δὲ καὶ Ἐπαφρόδιτος καὶ Ἡρακλέων διὰ δύο »Βῆσσάν τε Σκάρφην τε καὶ Αὐγειὰς ἐρατεινάς« (Β 532). ὠνομάσθη δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ τόπου φύσεως ναπώδους οὔσης. Κρῆσσα πόλις Παφλαγονίας, ἣν