Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Phykous: Phykous, a city of Libya. Phykous lies opposite Tainaron of the Peloponnese. The citizen 'Phykousios', since there is also the 'Phykousia' lake. There are also 'Phykoussai', islands of Libya. They are named from being full of seaweed. The islanders Phykoussaioi or 'Phykoussioi'.
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.
Φυκοῦς, πόλις Λιβύης. κεῖται δὲ ὁ Φυκοῦς κατὰ τὸ Ταίναρον τῆς Πελοποννήσου. ὁ πολίτης Φυκούσιος, ἐπειδὴ καὶ Φυκουσία λίμνη. εἰσὶ καὶ Φυκοῦσσαι νῆσοι Λιβύης. ὀνομάζονται δὲ διὰ τὸ φύκων εἶναι πλήρεις. οἱ νησιῶται Φυκουσσαῖοι ἢ Φυκούσσιοι.
…κὴ πόλις—ἔστι καὶ δῆμος πλησίον τῆς Κῶ ὁ Δαφνοῦς λεγόμενος—Σελινοῦς πόλις Σικελίας ἀρσενικῶς καὶ θηλυκῶς λεγομένη—Φοινικοῦς πόλις Κρήτης· ἔστι καὶ νῆσος πρὸς τῇ Λυκίᾳ· ἔστι καὶ Φοινικοῦς λιμήν. Θουκυδίδης ὀγδόῃ (c. 34). Φυκοῦς πόλις Λιβύης· κεῖται δὲ ὁ Φυκοῦς κατὰ τὸ Ταίναρον τῆς Πελοποννήσου. Θριοῦς πόλις πάλαι τῆς Ἀχαΐας, νῦν δὲ τῆς Ἠλείας ὅμορος Πάτραις. ἄλλοι δὲ ἀπὸ Θριοῦντος Ἀθηναίου, ὃν Θησεὺς ἔπεμψε μετὰ στρατιᾶς συμμαχήσειν Ἡρακλεῖ. Μυρικοῦς πόλις καταντικρὺ Τενέδου καὶ Λέσβου τῆς Τροίας. Ἑκαταῖος »ε…