Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Ios: an island of the Cyclades, from the Ionians who settled it, from where Homer's mother was, as the oracle: "Blessed and ill-fated, for you were born for both, you seek a fatherland; but you have a motherland, not a fatherland. The island Ios is your mother's fatherland, which shall receive you in death; but beware the riddle of young boys." Ios was also called Phoinike. There is also one of Lydia. The citizen Ietes and Ietes.
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.
Ἴος, νῆσος τῶν Κυκλάδων, ἀπὸ Ἰώνων οἰκησάντων, ὅθεν ἦν Ὁμήρου μήτηρ, ὡς ὁ χρησμός Ὄλβιε καὶ δύσδαιμον, ἔφυς γὰρ ἐπ´ ἀμφοτέροισι, πατρίδα δίζηαι, μητρὶς δέ τοι, οὐ πατρὶς ἔστιν. ἔστιν Ἴος νῆσος μητρὸς πατρίς, ἥ σε θανόντα δέξεται, ἀλλὰ νέων παίδων αἴνιγμα φύλαξαι. ἐ…
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