Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Oichalia: a city, which Homer places in Pelasgic Argos, saying: “and those who held Oichalia, the city of Eurytus.” But the later writers have located it in Euboea. There is also an Oichalia in Messenia, and another in Trachis, and in Thessaly, and in Arcadia. The citizen is Oichalieus, as from Haimonia comes Haimonieus; and just as Haimonis, so too Oichalis. Also Oichaliotes, as Ambrakiotes, Sikeliotes. For Linos the historian was an Oichaliotes. One also says Oichalios, and Oichaliēthen as a local adverb.
Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.
Οἰχαλία, πόλις, ἣν Ὅμηρος ἐν τῷ Πελασγικῷ Ἄργει τάσσει λέγων “οἵ τ´ ἔχον Οἰχαλίην, πόλιν Εὐρύτου”. οἱ δὲ νεώτεροι τεθείκασιν αὐτὴν ἐν Εὐβοίᾳ. ἔστι καὶ Μεσσηνὶς Οἰχαλία καὶ ἑτέρα ἐν Τραχῖνι καὶ ἐν Θετταλίᾳ καὶ ἐν Ἀρκαδίᾳ. ὁ πολίτης Οἰχαλιεύς ὡς τὸ Αἱμονία Αἱμονιεύς, καὶ [ὡς] Αἱμονίς οὕτω καὶ Οἰχαλίς, καὶ Οἰχαλιώτης …
…αὶ Φιλωτέρα. Τὸ μέντοι Στειριά δῆμος Ἀττικὸς τῆς Πανδιονίδος φυλῆς, λέγεται δὲ καὶ οὐδετέρως. Τὰ εἰς 'α' μακρὸν παραληγόμενα τῇ 'λι', ἧς προηγεῖται 'α', βαρύνεται πρᾶγμα σημαῖνον, διδασκαλία, ἀτασθαλία, ἢ ὀνόματα χωρῶν, Οἰχαλία πόλις, ἣν Ὅμηρος ἐν τῷ Πελασγικῷ Ἄργει τάσσει λέγων «οἵ τ´ ἔχον Οἰχαλίην, πόλιν Εὐρύτου» (Β 730). οἱ δὲ νεώτεροι τεθείκασιν αὐτὴν ἐν Εὐβοίᾳ. ἔστι καὶ Μεσσηνὶς Οἰχαλία καὶ ἑτέρα ἐν Τραχῖνι. Θεσσαλία ἀπὸ Θεσσαλοῦ ἡ πρότερον Πελασγία. Παραλία τῆς Ἀττικῆς. Χαλία πόλις Βοιωτίας. Θεόπομπος μεʹ «τὴν δὲ Χαλίαν καὶ…