Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Issos: a city between Syria and Cilicia, in which Alexander defeated Dareios, which for that reason was called Nikopolis after him. And the Issic gulf. The citizen Issaios, as 'Neilos' 'Neilaios'. There too is a river named Pinaros.
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.
Ἰσσός, πόλις μεταξὺ Συρίας καὶ Κιλικίας, ἐν ᾗ Ἀλέξανδρος Δαρεῖον ἐνίκησεν, ἣ ἐκλήθη διὰ τοῦτο Νικόπολις ἀπ´ αὐτοῦ. καὶ ὁ Ἰσσικὸς κόλπος. ὁ πολίτης Ἰσσαῖος, ὡς Νεῖλος Νειλαῖος. ἐκεῖ δὲ καὶ ποταμὸς Πίναρος ὀνομαζόμενος.
…ησσός ἔθνος τῆς Ταυρινίας. Ἀπολλόδωρος ἐν δευτέρῳ περὶ γῆς «ἔπειτα δ´ Ἑρμώνασσα καὶ Κῆπος πόλις, τρίτον δὲ τὸ Ψησσῶν ἔθνος». Τνυσσός πόλις Καρίας. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. Βυσσός τὸ ἐθνικὸν καὶ ἡ νῆσος καὶ βυσσός ὁ βυθός, πεσσός. Ἰσσός πόλις μεταξὺ Συρίας καὶ Κιλικίας. δισσός, τρισσός, λισσός, κισσός. τὸ δὲ Κίσσος τὸ κύριον βαρύνεται. ὡσαύτως καὶ τὸ βύσσος τὸ θηλυκὸν προσηγορικὸν ἀφ´ οὗ καὶ βύσσινον, καὶ Νέσσος ἐπὶ τοῦ Κενταύρου καὶ Λίσσος πόλις Ἰλλυρίας· τὸ γὰρ γλωσσός ὁ λάλος παρὰ …