Δασκύλιον - Stephanos Ethnika

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Δασκύλιον, πόλις Καρίας ἐπὶ τοῖς ὅροις τῆς Ἐφεσίας, ἀπὸ Δασκύλου τοῦ υἱοῦ Περιαύδου. ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα πόλις μετὰ τὰ Τρωικὰ κτισθεῖσα. τρίτη τῆς Ἰωνίας, τὸ μέγα λεγόμενον, ὡς μεῖζον τῶν ἄλλων. τετάρτη περὶ Βιθυνίαν. πέμπτη τῆς Αἰολίδος καὶ Φρυγίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Δασκυλίτης, ὡς Κύπρος Κυπρίτης. ἔστι καὶ Δασκυλῖτις λίμνη ἢ Δασκυλία, ὥστε καὶ Δασκύλιος ὁ πολίτης. Εὐδαίμων δὲ καὶ Ἀρκάδιος διὰ τῆς « ει » διφθόγγου γράφουσι τὴν « λι » συλλαβήν. λέγεται καὶ Δασκυλίς θηλυκόν.

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Text Details

Entry	#26
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 220.9 · Billerbeck Δ26
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-02
Word count	72

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Εὐδαίμων (Eudaimon)	RE VI 1,885 Nr. 8
Ἀρκάδιος (Arkadios)	RE II 1,1153 Nr. 5

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Δασκύλιον	Daskylion · place
Καρία	Caria · place · corrected · Q193214
Ἔφεσος	Ephesus · place
Δασκύλος	Daskylos · person
Περιάδης	Periades · person
Τρωικά	the Trojan affairs / Trojan War · other
Ἰωνία	Ionia · place · corrected · Q620874
Βιθυνία	Bithynia · place · corrected · Q373189
Αἰολίς	Aeolis · place · corrected · Q255325
Φρυγία	Phrygia · place · corrected · Q32579
Δασκυλίτης	Daskylitēs (ethnic) · people
Κύπρος	Cyprus · place
Κυπρίτης	Cypriot · people
Δασκυλίτις	Daskylitis (lake) · place
Δασκυλία	Daskylia · place
Δασκύλιος	Daskylios · person
Δασκυλίς	Daskylis (feminine form) · place
Daskylion in Karia	place · city · Karia (on the borders of Ephesos' territory) · explicit · unresolved
Daskylion founded after the Trojan War	place · city · unspecified (post-Trojan foundation) · implicit · unresolved
Daskylion in Ionia	place · city · Ionia · implicit · wikidata: Q65042629 · candidate
Daskylion in Bithynia	place · city · Bithynia · implicit · unresolved
Daskylion in Aiolis and Phrygia	place · city · Aiolis and Phrygia · implicit · unresolved
Lake Daskylitis / Daskylia	place · lake · unspecified · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	From Daskylos, the son of Periados (i.e. the city is named after the man Daskylos, son of Periados).
Morphological Composition	The ethnic/demonym 'Δασκυλίτης', formed analogously to Κύπρος → Κυπρίτης (showing the morphological formation of the demonym).
Morphological Composition	There is also a lake called Δασκυλίτις or Δασκυλία, hence the citizen is called Δασκύλιος (shows variant place-names and derived demonym).
Unclear Metalinguistic	Eudaimon and Arkadios write the 'λι' syllable with the diphthong ει (an orthographic/phonological note about the name's spelling).
Morphological Composition	It is also said Δασκυλίς (feminine) — the place-name attested in a feminine form.

Links

Place links	Dascylium \| 📍 Map
Page scans	vol2_045.jpg
Review	Open review page

Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.362

char LCS 198 (53.2%) · word LCS 39 (54.2%)

Stephanos

Δασκύλιον, πόλις Καρίας ἐπὶ τοῖς ὅροις τῆς Ἐφεσίας, ἀπὸ Δασκύλου τοῦ υἱοῦ Περιαύδου. ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα πόλις μετὰ τὰ Τρωικὰ κτισθεῖσα. τρίτη τῆς Ἰωνίας, τὸ μέγα λεγόμενον, ὡς μεῖζον τῶν ἄλλων. τετάρτη περὶ Βιθυνίαν. πέμπτη τῆς Αἰολίδος καὶ Φρυγίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Δασκυλίτης, ὡς Κύπρος Κυπρίτης. ἔστι καὶ Δασκυλῖτις λίμνη ἢ Δασκυλία, ὥστε καὶ Δασκύλιος ὁ πολίτης. Εὐδαίμων δὲ καὶ Ἀρκάδιος διὰ τῆς « ει » διφθόγγου γράφουσι τὴν « λι » συλλαβήν. λέγεται καὶ Δασκυλίς θηλυκό…

Herodian

…βιος τετάρτῃ. Ἀμφιμάλιον πόλις Κρήτης ἀπὸ Ἀμφιμάλου. λέγεται καὶ Ἀμφίμαλα. Σανδάλιον Πισιδίας χωρίον. Ταυροπόλιον ἐν Ἰκαρίᾳ νήσῳ παρακειμένῃ τῇ Σάμῳ Ἀρτέμιδος ἱερόν. Στράβων ιδʹ. Διοβούλιον πολίχνιον πλησίον τοῦ Πόντου. Δασκύλιον πόλις Καρίας ἐπὶ τοῖς ὅροις τῆς Ἐφεσίας ἀπὸ Δασκύλου τοῦ υἱοῦ Περιαύδου. ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα πόλις μετὰ τὰ Τρωϊκὰ κτισθεῖσα. τρίτη τῆς Ἰωνίας τὸ μέγα λεγόμενον ὡς μεῖζον τῶν ἄλλων. τετάρτη περὶ Βιθυνίαν. πέμπτη τῆς Αἰολίδος καὶ Φρυγίας. * Ὡσαύτως καὶ τὰ εἰς 'υλλιον' ὑποκοριστικά, παιδαρύλλιον, κρεύλλιον, μειρακύλλιον. * Τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'μιον' προπαροξύνεται, Μενεδήμιον πόλις Λυκίας. Ἀφόρμιον τόπος Θεσπιέων. Ἀφροδίσιος ἤτοι Εὐφήμιος ἐν τῷ περὶ τῆς πατρίδος.…