Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Xanthos: a city in Lykia. Hekataios in Asia: ‘beside it the river Xanthos flows out’. It was named after Xanthos, an Egyptian or Cretan, the founder. There is also Xanthos, a city in Lesbos. A citizen is a ‘Xanthios’, as Euripides has it. The possessive adjective from the river is likewise ‘Xanthios’.
Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.
Ξάνθος, πόλις Λυκίας. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ “παρ´ ᾗ Ξάνθος ἐξίησι ποταμός”. ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ Ξάνθου Αἰγυπτίου ἢ Κρητὸς οἰκιστοῦ. ἔστι καὶ Ξάνθος πόλις ἐν Λέσβῳ. ὁ πολίτης Ξάνθιος, ὡς Εὐριπίδης. καὶ τοῦ ποταμοῦ τὸ κτητικὸν ὁμοίως.
…οι. ἔστι δὲ καὶ Πάρθος πόλις Ἰλλυρική. Ἀπολλόδωρος ἐν χρονικῶν..... Κύνθος ὄρος Δήλου, παρ´ Ἀντιμάχῳ ἐν πρώτῃ Θηβαΐδος. οὕτως δὲ ἐκαλεῖτο καὶ Δῆλος ἀπὸ Κύνθου τοῦ Ὠκεανοῦ. Ξάνθος ἔθνος Θρᾴκιον. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Λυκίας. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ «παρ´ ᾗ Ξάνθος ἐξίησι ποταμός». ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ Ξάνθου Αἰγυπτίου ἢ Κρητὸς οἰκιστοῦ. ἔστι καὶ Ξάνθος πόλις ἐν Λέσβῳ. Σίνθος πόλις παρὰ τῷ Θερμαίῳ. Ἡρόδοτος ἑβδόμῃ (c. 123). Ὄρθος τὸ μονογενές. τὸ δὲ ξανθός καὶ τυτθός καὶ ὀρθός τριγενῆ. Τὰ εἰς 'θος' διβράχεα παροξύνεται, εἰ μὴ τόπον δηλοῖεν, νόθος, πόθος, ψόθος, ῥόθος ὁ ψόφος, μόθος, …