Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Herchia: a deme of Attica, of the Aigeid tribe, from Herchios who entertained Demeter. They say Herchias trisyllabically. The demesman Herchieus. Isokrates too was a Herchian. The locatives Herchiathen Herchiaze and Herchiasin.
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.
Ἑρχιά, δῆμος τῆς Ἀττικῆς, τῆς Αἰγηίδος φυλῆς, ἀπὸ Ἑρχίου τοῦ ξενίσαντος Δήμητραν. τρισυλλάβως δὲ τοὺς Ἑρχιᾶς φασιν. ὁ δημότης Ἑρχιεύς. καὶ Ἰσοκράτης Ἑρχιεὺς ἦν. τὰ τοπικὰ Ἑρχιᾶθεν Ἑρχιᾶζε καὶ Ἑρχιᾶσιν.
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