Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Petorsoi: a great and populous people of Libya.
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.
Πέτορσοι, Λιβύης ἔθνος μέγα καὶ πολυάνθρωπον.
…ἀκολουθεῖ καὶ τὸ Ἀγάθυρσος εἴτε κύριον εἴτε ἐθνικὸν εἴη. ἔστι δὲ ἔθνος ἐνδοτέρω τοῦ Αἵμου. κέκληνται δὲ ἢ ἀπ´ Ἀγαθύρσου τοῦ Ἡρακλέους ἢ ὡς Πείσανδρος ἀπὸ τῶν θύρσων τοῦ Διονύσου. λέγονται καὶ Ἀγαθύρσιοι. καὶ τὸ Πέτορσος Λιβύης ἔθνος μέγα καὶ πολυάνθρωπον, Ἄορσος ἔθνος