Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Delos: an island, one of the Cyclades. "They encircled Delos and are named Cyclades". Either from the births. For Delos is sacred to Apollo, the god having first been born in it. Or because of the oracles; for it was 'making clear' things hard to find. It was called Kynthos from Kynthos the son of Okeanos, and Apollo Kynthios. And Asteria and Pelasgia and Chlamydia. Some it was called Zakynthos, knowing wrongly. Nikanor says it was also called Skythis. From it Delios and Delia and Delias. And Delites the chorus going to Delos, Kallimachos in the third. And Deliakos the possessive.
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.
Δῆλος, νῆσος μία τῶν Κυκλάδων. “Δῆλον ἐκυκλώσαντο καὶ οὔνομα Κυκλάδες εἰσίν”. ἢ παρὰ τὰς γονὰς [ἢ μαντείας]. ἱερὸν γὰρ Δῆλος τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος, τοῦ θεοῦ πρῶτον ἐν αὐτῇ γενομένου. ἢ διὰ τὰς μαντείας· δηλοῦσα γὰρ ἦν τὰ δυσεύρετα. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ Κύνθος ἀπὸ Κύνθου τοῦ Ὠκεανοῦ, καὶ Ἀπόλλων Κύνθιος. καὶ Ἀστερία καὶ Πελασγία καὶ Χλαμυδία τινὲς δὲ ὅτι Ζάκυνθος ἐκαλεῖτο, κακῶς εἰδότες. κεκλῆσθαι δὲ αὐτὴν καὶ Σκυθίδα Νικάνωρ φησίν. ἐξ αὐτο…
…ι παρὰ τὸν οὐδὸν τοῦ Ὠκεανοῦ. Μῆλος δὲ καὶ Μηλαρία δύο πόλεις ἐπὶ τοῖς πέρασι, τὴν αὐτὴν ἔμφασιν ἔχουσιν ἀπὸ τῆς κλήσεως τῶν μήλων, ἃ χρύσεα λέγεται Ἡρακλῆς ἐκ τῆς Λιβύης ἀγηοχέναι. Δῆλος μία τῶν Κυκλάδων. ἢ παρὰ τὰς γονάς· ἱερὸν γὰρ Δῆλος τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος τοῦ θεοῦ πρῶτον ἐν αὐτῇ γενομένου. ἢ διὰ τὰς μαντείας· δηλοῦσα γὰρ τὰ δυσεύρετα. Σφῆλος ὄνομα κύριον. Τῆλος νῆσος τῶν Κυκλάδων ὁμοφώνως τῷ οἰκιστῇ. Ζῆλος πόλις τῶν ἑσπερίων Αἰθιόπων. Ἦλος κύριον. Ἔτι τὰ εἰς 'λος' δισύλλαβα προσηγορικὰ ἢ ἐπιθετικὰ τῷ 'η' παραληγόμενα, εἰ ἔχοι ἄφωνον πρὸ…