Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
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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