Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Choramnaioi: Choramnaioi, a Persian people of wild men. Ctesias in the tenth book of the Persika: "the wild man is so swift that he even catches deer in pursuit". And he says very many other things about them.
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.
Χωραμναῖοι, ἔθνος Περσικὸν ἀγρίων ἀνθρώπων. Κτησίας ἐν Περσικῶν δεκάτῳ “οὕτω δὲ ταχύς ἐστιν ὁ ἄγριος ἄνθρωπος, ὡς καὶ διώκων τὰς ἐλάφους καταλαμβάνειν”. καὶ ἄλλα πλεῖστα περὶ αὐτῶν φησί.
…ς καλοῦσι. λέγονται δὲ καὶ Πάρθοι καὶ Πάρθιοι. Πλαδαραῖος ἔθνος πρὸς ἄρκτον κείμενον. Πλαραῖος ἔθνος Ἠπείρου. λέγονται δὲ καὶ Πλάριοι. Ῥονδαῖος ἔθνος Θρᾳκικόν. Σινδοναῖος Θρᾴκιον ἔθνος, ὡς Ἑκαταῖος ἐν Εὐρώπῃ. Χωραμναῖος ἔθνος Περσικὸν ἀγρίων ἀνθρώπων. Κτησίας ἐν Περσικῶν δεκάτῳ «οὕτω δὲ ταχύς ἐστιν ὁ ἄγριος ἄνθρωπος, ὡς καὶ διώκων τὰς ἐλάφους καταλαμβάνειν». σεσημείωται τὸ Ἀχαιός τὸ ἐθνικὸν καὶ τὸ κύριον ὀξυνόμενον καὶ τὸ Ἐρυσίχαιος