Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Phthia: Phthia, a city and part of Thessaly. But Parmeniscus says it is a region and not a city; incorrectly. It was named from Phthia, a woman, or from Phthios son of Poseidon and Larisa. Strabo divides Thessaly into four parts, Phthiotis, aiotis, Thessaliotis, Pelasgiotis. The citizen 'Phthiotes', and 'Phthiotis' the feminine, and 'Phthiotikos' and 'Phthios', from which Phthioi and 'Phthies'. 'Phthias' is also found in the feminine in Euripides in the Andromache: "Phthian nevertheless".
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.
Φθία, πόλις καὶ μοῖρα Θετταλίας. Παρμενίσκος δὲ χώραν αὐτήν φησι καὶ οὐ πόλιν· οὐκ ὀρθῶς. ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ Φθίας γυναικὸς ἢ Φθίου Ποσειδῶνος καὶ Λαρίσης. Στράβων δὲ εἰς τέσσαρα διαιρεῖ τὴν Θετταλίαν, Φθιῶτιν [Ἑστι]αιῶτιν Θετταλιῶτιν Πελασγιῶτιν. ὁ πολίτης Φθιώτης καὶ Φθιῶτις τὸ θηλυκόν, καὶ Φθιωτικός καὶ Φθῖος, ἀφ´ οὗ Φθῖοι καὶ Φθῖες. εὕρηται καὶ Φθιάς θηλυκῶς παρ´ Εὐρι…
…ησε καὶ τὸ σκιά 'ι' βραχεῖ παραληγόμενον. ἔστι δὲ καὶ Σκιά πολίχνιον Εὐβοίας. τὸ δὲ μνεία, χρεία βαρύνονται, οὐ γὰρ ἐπὶ οὐσίας λαμβάνεται, καὶ τὸ λεία δὲ καὶ Φθία—πόλις καὶ μοῖρα Θετταλίας· Παρμενίσκος δὲ χώραν αὐτήν φησι οὐ πόλιν, οὐκ ὀρθῶς. ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ Φθίας γυναικὸς ἢ Φθίου Ποσειδῶνος καὶ Λαρίσης—βαρύνονται καὶ τὸ δεία ἡ ἔνδεια. τὸ δὲ θεία τριγενές ἐστι ὡς καὶ τὸ δῖα βραχυκατάληκτον μετὰ τοῦ ἴα καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ 'μ' μία. ἔστι δὲ καὶ Δῖα πόλις