Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Pydes: a city and river of Pisidia. The ethnonym Pydesios, as 'Phagresios' and 'Magnesios', from which Magnesia.
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.
Πύδης, πόλις καὶ ποταμὸς Πισιδίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Πυδήσιος, ὡς Φαγρήσιος καὶ Μαγνήσιος, οὗ τὸ Μαγνησία.
…ῆς καὶ Δρογῆς ἰσοσυλλάβως κλινόμενα περισπᾶται. καὶ τὸ ἀργῆς ἐκ τοῦ ἀργήεις καὶ τὸ φθογγῆς ἐκ τοῦ φθογγήεις καὶ τὸ Αὐγῆς ἐκ τοῦ Αὐγέας. Τὰ εἰς 'δης' δισύλλαβα μὴ διὰ τοῦ 'ους' κλινόμενα ἢ τὸ 'ο' παραληγόμενα βαρύνονται, Πύδης πόλις καὶ ποταμὸς Πισιδίας ὡς παρὰ Ἀντιμάχῳ