Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Ithake: an island near Kephallenia, named after Ithakos [a hero], from which Odysseus came. There is also an Ithake in Syria below the Euphrates. The ethnonyms are 'Ithakesios' and 'Ithakesia'; there is also 'Ithakos Odysseus', with 'Ithakos' identical in sound to the founder’s name.
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Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.
Ἰθάκη, νῆσος πρὸς τῇ Κεφαλληνίᾳ, ἀπὸ Ἰθάκου [ἥρωος], ἀφ´ ἧς Ὀδυσσεύς. ἔστι καὶ Συρίας ὑπὸ τὸν Εὐφράτην. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἰθακήσιος καὶ Ἰθακησία καὶ “Ἴθακος Ὀδυσσεύς” ὁμοφώνως τῷ οἰκιστῇ.
…θυντικῶς Χάλκαι. Θεόπομπος πρώτῳ Φιλιππικῶν...... καὶ τρίτῳ »ἔτι συνεπολέμησεν ὡρμημένος ἐκ Χαλκῶν τῆς Λαρισαίας«. Τὰ εἰς 'κη' ὑπερδισύλλαβα τῷ 'α' παραληγόμενα εἴτε κύρια εἴτε προσηγορικὰ βαρύνεται, εἰ μὴ εἴη ῥηματικά, Ἰθάκη νῆσος πρὸς τῇ Κεφαλληνίᾳ ἀπὸ Ἰθάκου ἥρωος. ἔστι καὶ Συρίας ὑπὸ τὸν Εὐφράτην. Ἀρτάκη πόλις Φρυγίας ἄποικος Μιλησίων. Δημήτριος δὲ νησίον εἶναί φησι κατὰ Τιμοσθένην λέγων »Ἀρτάκη, τοῦτο μὲν ὄρος ἐστὶ τῆς Κυζικηνῆς,