Νέαι

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Νέαι OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
island
Νέαι, νῆσος πλησίον Λήμνου, ἐν ᾗ Φιλοκτήτης κατά τινας ἐδήχθη ὑπὸ ὕδρου. ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ προσνήξασθαι Ἡρακλέα. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Νεαῖος. ἔστι καὶ Νέα κώμη φρούριον Μυσίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν τὸ αὐτό.

Neai: an island near Lemnos, on which, according to some, Philoctetes was bitten by a water-snake. It was so named from Heracles’ having swum up to it. The ethnic is Neaios. There is also Nea, a village and fort of Mysia; the ethnic is the same.

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