Ὀρεστία

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Ὀρεστία OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
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Ὀρεστία, πόλις ἐν Ὀρέσταις, ἐν ὄρει ὑπερκειμένῳ τῆς Μακεδονικῆς γῆς, ἐξ ἧς Πτολεμαῖος ὁ Λάγου πρῶτος βασιλεύσας Αἰγύπτου. ὁ πολίτης Ὀρεστιαῖος. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη ἐν Ἀρκαδίᾳ Ὀρεστία ἣν Εὐδαίμων καὶ Ὦρος διὰ τῆς « ει » διφθόγγου γράφουσι, τὴν Ὀρέστειον.* * *

Orestia: a city in Orestis, on a mountain lying above the Macedonian land; from it came Ptolemy son of Lagos, the first to rule as king of Egypt. The citizen is Orestiai͂os. There is also another Orestia in Arcadia, which Eudaimon and Horos write with the diphthong ει, as Orestia.

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