Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Pisa: a city and spring of Olympia. There is also a place in which the temple of Zeus stands and the Olympic contest is held. The ethnonym Pisatai. The feminine Pisatis. Also said Pisaieus. The first and second of Pisa are long.
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.
Πῖσα, πόλις καὶ κρήνη τῆς Ὀλυμπίας. ἔστι καὶ χωρίον, ἐν ᾧ ὁ τοῦ Διὸς ναὸς ἵδρυται καὶ ὁ Ὀλυμπιακὸς ἀγὼν ἐπιτελεῖται. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Πισᾶται. τὸ θηλυκὸν Πισᾶτις. λέγεται δὲ καὶ Πισαιεύς. τὸ πρῶτον καὶ τὸ δεύτερον τῆς Πίσης μακρά ἐστι.
…ένου ἀναφορὰν τῇ ὀσφρήσει προσίζουσαν. προσαγορεύεται δὲ καὶ ἐπίπλους εὖ μάλα καὶ αὐτὸς εὐανάδοτος ὢν πρὸς ὄσφρησιν, οὐκ αὐτοτελὴς δὲ περιτεθειμένος τοῖς μηρίοις. Πῖσα πόλις καὶ κρήνη τῆς Ὀλυμπίας. ἔστι καὶ χωρίον, ἐν ᾧ τοῦ Διὸς ναὸς ἵδρυται καὶ ὁ Ὀλυμπιακὸς ἀγὼν ἐπιτελεῖται. παρὰ τὸν πίσω μέλλοντα, οὗ ἡ χρῆσις παρὰ Πινδάρῳ. Πίνδαρος δὲ κατὰ συστολὴν τὴν πόλιν εἶπε Πίσαν. Βῖσα πόλις Θρᾴκης. Βρῖσα ἄκρα Λέσβου, ἐν ᾗ ἵδρυται Διόνυσος Βρισαῖος. Νῖσα ἡ πόλις. Νῦσα πόλεις πολλαί, ἐν Ἑλικῶνι, ἐν Θ…