Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Zoster: an isthmus in Attica, where they say that Leto loosened her girdle, let it down, and bathed in the lake. There the Halaieis sacrifice to Leto, Artemis, and Apollo Zosterios. The local inhabitant is called a 'Zosterios'. Athena Zosteria is also honoured among the Epiknemidian Lokrians.
Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.
Ζωστήρ, τῆς Ἀττικῆς ἰσθμός, ὅπου φασὶ τὴν Λητὼ λῦσαι τὴν ζώνην [καὶ] καθεῖσαν ἐν τῇ λίμνῃ λούσασθαι. ἐνταῦθα θύουσιν Ἁλαεῖς Λητοῖ καὶ Ἀρτέμιδι καὶ Ἀπόλλωνι Ζωστηρίῳ. ὁ τοπίτης Ζωστήριος. τιμᾶται καὶ Ζωστηρία Ἀθηνᾶ ἐν Λοκροῖς τοῖς Ἐπικνημιδίοις.
…υ. Τὰ εἰς 'ηρ' ὀξύνεται καὶ βαρύνεται. καὶ ὀξύνεται μὲν ἁπλᾶ ὄντα ἀρσενικά. ὁ δὲ λόγος περὶ τῶν εἰς 'ηρ' τοῦ 'τ' προηγουμένου τοῦ 'η', στατήρ, ἐλατήρ, καμπτήρ, ὀλετήρ, ξυστήρ, γενετήρ, πατήρ, σωτήρ, χρηστήρ, ζωστήρ, καὶ Ζωστήρ τῆς Ἀττικῆς ἰσθμός, ὅπου φασὶ τὴν Λητὼ λῦσαι τὴν ζώνην καὶ καθεῖσαν ἐν τῇ λίμνῃ λούσασθαι. ἐνταῦθα θύουσιν Ἁλαεῖς Λητοῖ καὶ Ἀρτέμιδι καὶ Ἀπόλλωνι Ζωστηρίῳ. ἐξαυστήρ. Ἐξαύτηρ δὲ κύριον ὡς τὸ ἀμάτηρ καὶ ἄντηρ καὶ Ἄστηρ κύριον. τὸ δὲ φράτηρ Ἀττικοὶ μὲν βαρύνουσιν, οἱ Δωριεῖς ὀξύνουσιν. φράτερες δέ