Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Oxydrakai: an Indian people, from whom Ptolemy, having saved Alexander, was called Soter. But others the story about the Oxydrakai is false.
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.
Ὀξυδράκαι, ἔθνος Ἰνδικόν, ἀφ´ ὧν σώσας Ἀλέξανδρον Πτολεμαῖος σωτὴρ ἐκλήθη. οἱ δὲ ψεῦδος τὸ περὶ τῶν Ὀξυδρακῶν.
Δαδίκης ἔθνος Περσικόν. Ἡρόδοτος ἑβδόμῃ (c. 66). Ὀξυδράκης ἔθνος Ἰνδικόν, ἀφ´ ὧν σώσας Ἀλέξανδρον Πτολεμαῖος σωτὴρ ἐκλήθη· οἱ δὲ ψεῦδος τὸ περὶ τῶν Ὀξυδρακῶν. Δερβίκκης ἔθνος πλησίον τῶν Ὑρκανῶν. Ἀπολλώνιος δὲ δὶς τὸ 'κ' καλῶς γράφει. Κτησίας δὲ Δερβισσοὺς αὐτούς φησιν ἢ Τερβισσούς. Καππαδόκης. Ἡρόδοτος δέ φησιν (I 72). λέγεται καὶ Καππάδοξ καὶ Καππάδοκος. Καραμβύκης ἔθνος Ὑ…