Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Gelonos: a city in Sarmatia in Europe, named after Gelonos, son of Herakles and brother of Agathyrsos. The inhabitant has the same name, with an oxytone accent. The city is built of wood and is situated among the Boudinoi, a large people, as per Herodotos. Among them is a remarkable animal called the tarandos, which changes the colour of its hair according to where it is. It is difficult to hunt because of this change: its coat takes on the colour of whatever place it is in. This is remarkable, for the chameleon and the octopus also change colour. It is the size of an ox, with a face [resembling] a deer's, as per Aristotle, in book 5 of his Marvellous Things Heard.
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Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.
Γελωνός, πόλις Σαρματίας τῆς ἐν Εὐρώπῃ, ἀπὸ Γελωνοῦ τοῦ Ἡρακλέους, τοῦ Ἀγαθύρσου ἀδελφοῦ. ὁ οἰκήτωρ ὁμοφώνως. ὀξύνεται δέ. ἔστι δὲ ἡ πόλις ξυλίνη, κειμένη ἐν Βουδίνοις, ἔθνει μεγάλῳ, ὡς Ἡρόδοτος. παρὰ τούτοις ζῷον θαυμάσιον ὃ ὀνομάζεται τάρανδος, καὶ μεταβάλλει τὰς χρόας τῶν τριχῶν καθ´ ὃν ἂν τόπον ᾖ. ἔστι …
…ὲ γενικαὶ αἱ διὰ τοῦ 'νος' ὑπὲρ δύο συλλαβὰς ὑπάρχουσαι εἰ παραλήγοιντο τῷ 'υ', ἐκτεταμένῳ παραλήγονται, Φόρκυνος, Πόλτυνος· καὶ τὸ γέρυνος ὁ μικρὸς βάτραχος. Τὰ εἰς 'ωνος' ἁπλᾶ ὑπερδισύλλαβα ὀξύνεται, κοινωνός, οἰωνός, Γελωνός πόλις Σαρματίας τῆς ἐν Εὐρώπῃ ἀπὸ Γελωνοῦ τοῦ Ἡρακλέους, τοῦ Ἀγαθύρσου ἀδελφοῦ. ἔστι δὲ ἡ πόλις ξυλίνη, κειμένη ἐν Βουδίνοις, ὡς Ἡρόδοτος (IV 108). καὶ ὁ οἰκήτωρ ὁμοφώνως. υἱωνός, Τιθωνός, Κολωνός, μελεδωνός, Ἠδωνός ἔθνος Θρᾴκης ἀπὸ Ἠδωνοῦ τοῦ Μύγδονος ἀδελφοῦ, Ἐτεωνός πόλις Βοιωτίας. Ὅμηρος «πολύ…