Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Plateis: an island by Lycia. The ethnonym Plataieus because the Karians favour the type in 'eus'.
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.
Πλατηίς, νῆσος παρὰ τῇ Λυκίᾳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Πλαταιεύς διὰ τὸ χαίρειν τοὺς Κᾶρας τῷ εἰς « ευς » τύπῳ.
…ν δʹ Μεσσηνιακῶν »αὐδὴν εἰσάμενος Δωτηΐδι Νικοτελείῃ«. Μελανηΐς· οὕτως ἐκαλεῖτο Ἐρέτρια ἀπὸ Μελανέως τοῦ Εὐρύτου πατρός. Δρυηΐς, Τριοπηΐς, Μακριηΐς, Ὑλληΐς, Μεγαρηΐς, Φυλληΐς, Φιλυρηΐς πλεονασμῷ τοῦ 'η' παρὰ τὸ Φιλυρίς, Πλατηΐς νῆσος παρὰ τῇ Λυκίᾳ. Ἐπειΐς, Τηλεβοΐς μοῖρα τῆς Ἀκαρνανίας ἀπὸ Τηλεβόου ἣ πρότερον