Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Poimen: a mountain of the Pontic land, from which the Parthenios flows down, dividing Amastris. The inhabitants Poimenioi. There is also a mountain Poimenion in Macedonia. The inhabitants likewise Poimenioi.
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.
Ποιμήν, ὄρος τῆς Ποντικῆς, ἀφ´ οὗ καταρρεῖ ὁ Παρθένιος, σχίζων τὴν Ἄμαστριν. οἱ οἰκοῦντες Ποιμένιοι. ἔστι καὶ ὄρος Ποιμένιον ἐν Μακεδονίᾳ. οἱ κατοικοῦντες ὁμοίως Ποιμένιοι.
…ου καὶ πληθυντικὸν παρὰ τῷ ποιητῇ (Ι 154) ἐν δ´ ἄνδρες ναίουσι πολύῤῥηνες, πολυβοῦται. Τὰ εἰς 'μην' ὀξύνεται, εἰ μὴ σύνθετα ἀπὸ ἁπλῶν εἴη τῶν εἰς 'μην', Δαμήν· ἔστι δὲ Ἀργολικὸς συγγραφεύς. λιμήν, ὑμήν, ποιμήν· ἔστι καὶ Ποιμήν ὄρος τῆς Ποντικῆς, ἀφ´ οὗ καταῤῥεῖ ὁ Παρθένιος σχίζων τὴν Ἄμαστριν, πυθμήν, ἀϋτμήν. Τὰ εἰς 'ρην' καθαρὸν μὴ ἔχοντα πρὸ τέλους συλλαβὴν εἰς τὸ 'ε' φωνῆεν καταλήγουσαν ὀξύνεται, Σειρήν, Πειρήν καθ´ Ἡσίοδον πατὴρ Ἰοῦς, πυρήν, πλὴν τοῦ ἄῤῥην. Τὰ εἰς 'ρην' καθαρὸν τῷ 'ε' παραλήγοντα παροξύν…