Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Dion: a city of Euboia near Kenaion. Homer: "sea-side Kerinthos and the steep citadel of Dion". There is also of Macedonia, where they held the Olympic contest. The ethnonym Dieus. Pausanias says Diastai; for that is the type of the Macedonians, Orestai Lynkestai. Third is by Athos, as Thucydides. Fourth, of Thessaly. Fifth, of Pisidia. Sixth, of Italy. Seventh, of Koile Syria, a foundation of Alexander, also Pella; whose water is unhealthy. And the ethnonym Dienos, as the epigram shows: "the Dienan stream, a sweet drink; but if you drink it, it will stop your thirst, and straightway your life too". The possessive Diakos. And the feminine Dias, as is shown by the Athenai called Diades which were around it. The citizens Athenaitai.
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.
… Ὅμηρος “Κήρινθόν τ´ ἔφαλον Δίου τ´ αἰπὺ πτολίεθρον”. ἔστι καὶ Μακεδονίας, ἔνθα τὸν Ὀλυμπικὸν ἀγῶνα ἐτέλουν. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Διεύς. Παυσανίας δὲ Διάστας φησί· Μακεδόνων γὰρ ὁ τύπος, Ὀρέσται Λυγκησταί. γʹ ἔστι πρὸς τῷ Ἄθῳ, ὡς Θουκυδίδης. δʹ Θεσσαλίας. εʹ Πισιδίας. ϛʹ Ἰταλίας. ζʹ κοίλης Συρίας, κτίσμα Ἀλεξάνδρου, καὶ Πέλλα· ἧς τὸ ὕδωρ νοσερόν. καὶ τὸ ἐθνικὸν Διηνός, ὡς δηλοῖ τὸ ἐπίγραμμα νᾶμα τὸ Διηνὸν γλυκερὸν ποτόν, ἠνιδὲ πίῃς, παύσει μὲν δίψης, εὐθὺ δὲ καὶ βιότου. τὸ κτητικὸν Διακός. καὶ τὸ θηλυκὸν Διάς, ὡς δηλοῦσιν αἵ γε περὶ …
Θουκυδίδης ( 4, 109), δʹ Θεσσαλίας. εʹ Πισιδίας. ϛʹ Ἰταλίας. ζʹ κοίλης Συρίας, κτίσμα Ἀλεξάνδρου. κρεῖον ἀγγεῖον κρεῶν, εἶον, ὃ καὶ ἤϊον ἐν διαλύσει λέγεται, τὸ εἰς τὸ ἰέναι ἐπιτήδειον, νεῖον τῆς νηὸς τὸ πυθμενοειδὲς ξύλον. Τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'ιον' τριβράχεα ὑποκοριστικὰ προπαροξύνεται, κτένιον, πτύχιον, πόδιον, θρόνιον, ὡσαύ…
Δῖον, πόλις Εὐβοίας περὶ τὸ Κήναιον. Ὅμηρος “Κήρινθόν τ´ ἔφαλον Δίου τ´ αἰπὺ πτολίεθρον”. ἔστι καὶ Μακεδονίας, ἔνθα τὸν Ὀλυμπικὸν ἀγῶνα ἐτέλουν. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Διεύς. Παυσανίας δὲ Διάστας φησί· Μακεδόνων γὰρ ὁ τύπος, Ὀρέσται Λυγκησταί. γʹ ἔστι πρὸς τῷ Ἄθῳ, ὡς Θουκυδίδης. δʹ Θεσσαλίας. εʹ Πι…
…κάνεον κανοῦν. Τὰ εἰς 'ον' δισύλλαβα παραληγόμενα τῷ 'ι' μόνῳ ἢ τῇ 'ει' διφθόγγῳ βαρύνεται, μνίον, ῥίον. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Μεσσήνης ἢ Ἀχαΐας καὶ ἄλλη Αἰτωλίας. σίον λαχάνου εἶδος, ἴον, δρίον, ὅπερ τινὲς καὶ δρίος γράφουσι, Δῖον πόλις Εὐβοίας περὶ τὸ Κήναιον. Ὅμηρος »Κήρινθόν τ´ ἔφαλον Δῖόν τ´ αἰπὺ πτολίεθρον« (Β 538). ἔστι καὶ Μακεδονίας, ἔνθα τὸν Ὀλυμπικὸν ἀγῶνα ἐτέλουν· γʹ ἔστι πρὸς τῷ Ἄθῳ, ὡς