Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Hephaistias: a city on Lemnos. Hekataios in his Europe. The ethnonym is 'Hephaistieus'. Charax, in book 10 of his Chronicles, says: ‘The Myrinaioi, disregarding the undertakings of the Pelasgians, shut their gates against Miltiades, and he reduced them by siege. The tyrant of the Hephaistieis, [Hermon, fearing the power of the Persians], said that, as a favour to the Athenians, who were his friends, he would fulfil the agreements made by the Pelasgians, and surrendered the city without a fight.’
AI translation — gpt-5.6-sol; Gabe v3
Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.
Ἡφαιστιάς, πόλις ἐν Λήμνῳ. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἡφαιστιεύς. Χάραξ δ´ ἐν δεκάτῳ χρονικῶν φησιν ὅτι “Μυριναῖοι τῶν Πελασγικῶν ὑποσχέσεων οὐ φροντίσαντες ἀπέκλεισαν τῷ Μιλτιάδῃ τὰς πύλας, κἀκεῖνος πολιορκίᾳ παρεστήσατο αὐτούς. τῶν δ´ Ἡφαιστιέων τύραννος [Ἕρμ…
…ιοπίας. δεκάτη Κύπρου. εἰσὶ καὶ δύο νησίδια πλησίον τῆς Λιβύης. ἔστι καὶ Ἀλεξανδρείας. Τελμισσιάς, ἄκρα Λυκίας, ὡς Ἀρτεμίδωρος ἐν δεκάτῳ γεωγραφουμένων. Βολογεσσιάς πόλις πρὸς τῷ Εὐφράτῃ ἐκ Βολογεσσοῦ βασιλέως ᾠκισμένη. Ἡφαιστιάς πόλις ἐν Λήμνῳ. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Κεραστιάς καὶ Κεραστίς ἐκαλεῖτο ἡ Κύπρος ἀπὸ τοῦ πολλὰς ἄκρας ἔχειν. τὸ μέντοι μέγας καὶ λᾶας «λᾶας ἀναιδής» (Δ 521) συστέλλοντα τὸ 'α' ὅμως βαρύνονται, ἐπειδὴ οὐ διὰ τοῦ 'δος' κλίνονται. ἡμάρτηται δὲ τὸ μέγας περὶ τὴν…