Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Plaraioi: a people of Epeiros. They are also called Plarioi.
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.
Πλαραῖοι, ἔθνος Ἠπείρου. λέγονται δὲ καὶ Πλάριοι.
…δοις διὰ τὴν φύσιν τῆς αὐτοὺς δεξαμένης γῆς ἑλώδους καὶ ἀγκώδους οὔσης, ἢ διὰ τὴν φυγήν, καθότι οἱ Σκύθαι τοὺς φυγάδας πάρθους καλοῦσι. λέγονται δὲ καὶ Πάρθοι καὶ Πάρθιοι. Πλαδαραῖος ἔθνος πρὸς ἄρκτον κείμενον. Πλαραῖος ἔθνος Ἠπείρου. λέγονται δὲ καὶ Πλάριοι. Ῥονδαῖος ἔθνος Θρᾳκικόν. Σινδοναῖος Θρᾴκιον ἔθνος, ὡς Ἑκαταῖος ἐν Εὐρώπῃ. Χωραμναῖος ἔθνος Περσικὸν ἀγρίων ἀνθρώπων. Κτησίας ἐν Περσικῶν δεκάτῳ «οὕτω δὲ ταχύς ἐστιν ὁ ἄγριος ἄνθρωπος, ὡς καὶ διώκων τὰς ἐλάφους καταλαμβ…