Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Pronastai: a people of Boiotia. "Some of the Boiotians of old are called Pronastai".
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.
Προνάσται, ἔθνος Βοιωτίας. “Βοιωτῶν δέ τινες τὸ πάλαι [ἔθνος] Προνάσται καλέονται”.
…λικὰ ἔθνη. καὶ Κυρρέστης ἔθνος Συρίας, ὡς Πολύβιος πέμπτῳ· Δημήτριος δὲ ὁ Ἀντιγόνου τὸ Κυρήστης διὰ τοῦ 'η' φησὶ καὶ καθ´ ὕφεσιν τοῦ ἑνὸς 'ρ'. ὁμοίως δὲ τῷ Ὀρέστης βαρύνεται καὶ Πιάστης ἔθνος πρὸς τῷ Πόντῳ καὶ Προνάστης ἔθνος Βοιωτίας »Βοιωτῶν δέ τινες τὸ πάλαι ἔθνος Προνάσται καλέονται«. καὶ Ἀσβύστης ἔθνος Λιβύης »οἵ τε Τρίτωνος ἐφ´ ὕδασιν Ἀσβύσταο« Καλλίμαχος