Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Brettia: an island in the Adriatic having a river Brettios; this the Greeks call Elaphoussa, others Brettanis. The ethnonym ought to be Brettianos, as Polybios the feminine: "to the Brettian places". But now they are called Brettioi. There are also the Brettanides islands in the ocean, whose ethnic is Brettanoi. Dionysios, removing one 't', said: "the cold stream of ocean is poured, where the Bretanoi." And others thus with 'p', Pretanides islands, as Markianos and Ptolemy.
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.
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