Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Iton: a city of Thessaly: "and Iton mother of flocks". The natives say it oxytone, Iton, and some call it Siton because it bears grain. It is also called Itonos from the hero Itonos, from whom also Itonia Athena. Which is also Itone. The ethnonym Itonaios and Itonaia Athena. There is also a city Itone in Epeiros, and of Italy, and of Boiotia, and of Lydia. The citizen Itonios and Itonia, and Itonia Athena, and Itonias and Itonis. And a region Itone under Haimos, as Hekataios in the Europe.
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.
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Ἴτων, πόλις Θεσσαλίας “Ἴτωνά τε μητέρα μήλων”. οἱ ἐγχώριοι ὀξυτόνως αὐτήν φασιν Ἰτών· τινὲς δὲ Σιτῶνα αὐτήν φασι διὰ τὸ σιτοφόρον. λέγεται καὶ ἡ Ἴτωνος ἀπὸ Ἰτώνου ἥρωος, ἀφ´ οὗ καὶ Ἰτωνία ἡ Ἀθηνᾶ. ἥ τις καὶ Ἰτώνη. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἰτωναῖος καὶ Ἰτωναία ἡ Ἀθηνᾶ. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Ἰτώνη ἐν Ἠπείρῳ, καὶ Ἰταλίας, καὶ Βοιωτίας, καὶ Λυδίας. ὁ πολίτης Ἰτώνιος καὶ Ἰτωνία, κα…
… φύσει μακρᾷ παραληγόμενα βαρύνεται, μὴ ὄντα τοπικά. πρόσκειται μὴ ὄντα τοπικὰ διὰ τὸ κοιτών. τὰ δὲ ἄλλα βαρύτονα. Πλούτων, γείτων, Τρίτων, Κρίτων, Βίτων. ἐκτέταται δὲ ποιητικῶς τὸ «Ἴτωνά τε μητέρα μήλων» (Β 696). οἱ δὲ ἐγχώριοι ὀξυτόνως αὐτήν φασιν Ἰτών· τινὲς δὲ Σιτῶνα αὐτήν φασι διὰ τὸ σιτοφόρον. λέγεται δὲ καὶ ἡ Ἴτωνος ἀπὸ Ἰτώνου ἥρωος, ἀφ´ οὗ καὶ Ἰτωνία ἡ Ἀθηνᾶ, ἥτις καὶ Ἰτώνη. σεσημείωται τὸ Σούλμων πόλις Σικελίας. τὸ δὲ Κρότων διαστολὴν ἔχει σημαινομένου. Τὰ εἰς 'ων' ὑπὲρ δύο συλλαβὰς ἐπὶ πόλεων ὀξύνεσθαι θέλει, εἰ …