Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Delos: an island, one of the Cyclades. “They encircled Delos, and the name is Cyclades”. Either from births {or from oracles}. For Delos is sacred to Apollo, the god having first come to be on it. Or because of the oracles, for it used to make clear what was hard to discover. It was also called Kynthos, from Kynthos son of Oceanus, and Apollo Kynthios. Also Asteria and Pelasgia and Chlamydia. Some, however, say that it was called Zakynthos—being wrongly informed. Nicanor, moreover, says that it was also called Skythis. From it Dēlios and Dēlia and Dēlias. Also Dēliastēs: the chorus that comes to Delos, in Callimachus, book 3. And Dēliakos is the possessive adjective.
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…