Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Didyma: neuter, a place and oracle of Miletos dedicated to Zeus and Apollo. There are also of Crete. There are also of Thessaly. There are also two islets near Syros. The ethnonym Didymeus and Didymaios the possessive. There are also mountains near Laodikeia.
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.
Δίδυμα, οὐδετέρως, τόπος καὶ μαντεῖον Μιλήτου ἀφιερωμένον Διὶ καὶ Ἀπόλλωνι. εἰσὶ καὶ Κρήτης [ποταμοί.] εἰσὶ καὶ τῆς Θετταλίας. εἰσὶ καὶ δύο νησίδια πρὸς τῇ Σύρῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Διδυμεύς καὶ Διδυμαῖος κτητικόν. εἰσὶ καὶ ὄρη Λαοδικείας ἐγγύς.
…ανδρος μέμνηται ἐν πρώτῳ Λυκιακῶν. ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ Σιδύμου. Λώρυμα πόλις Καρίας. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. ἔστι καὶ λιμὴν Ῥόδου, ὃς Λώρυμα λέγεται. Ἱεροσόλυμα ἡ μητρόπολις τῆς Ἰουδαίας, ἣ Σόλυμα ἐκαλεῖτο ἀπὸ τῶν Σολύμων ὀρῶν. Δίδυμα τόπος καὶ μαντεῖον Μιλήτου ἀφιερώμενον Διῒ καὶ Ἀπόλλωνι. εἰσὶ καὶ Κρήτης ποταμοί. εἰσὶ καὶ τῆς Θετταλίας. εἰσὶ καὶ δύο νησίδια πρὸς τῇ Σύρῳ, ὡς Ἀρτεμίδωρος. εἰσὶ καὶ ὄρη Λαοδικείας ἐγγύς. Δίνδυμα ὄρη τῆς Τρῳάδος, ἀφ´ ὧν Δινδυμήνη ἡ Ῥέα. Ἴδυμα πόλις Καρίας. λέγεται καὶ Ἰδύμη. Βούνειμα πόλις Ἠπείρου, κτίσμα Ὀδυσσέως, ἣν ἔκτισε πλησίον Τραμπύας, λαβὼν χρησμὸν …