Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Rhion: a city in Messene or Achaia. There is also another in Aitolia, which used also to be called Mol آykrikon.
AI translation — gpt-5.6-sol; Gabe v3
Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.
Ῥίον, πόλις Μεσσήνης ἢ Ἀχαΐας. καὶ ἄλλη Αἰτωλίας, ἣ καὶ Μολυκρικόν ἐκαλεῖτο.
…αι, ὡς καὶ παρὰ Κρατίνῳ ἐν Πυτίνῃ »ἀλλ´ οὐδὲ λάχανον οὐδὲν οὐδ´ ὀστοῦν ἔτι ὁρῶ«. τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον καὶ τὸ κάνεον κανοῦν. Τὰ εἰς 'ον' δισύλλαβα παραληγόμενα τῷ 'ι' μόνῳ ἢ τῇ 'ει' διφθόγγῳ βαρύνεται, μνίον, ῥίον. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Μεσσήνης ἢ Ἀχαΐας καὶ ἄλλη Αἰτωλίας. σίον λαχάνου εἶδος, ἴον, δρίον, ὅπερ τινὲς καὶ δρίος γράφουσι, Δῖον πόλις Εὐβοίας περὶ τὸ Κήναιον. Ὅμηρος »Κήρινθόν τ´ ἔφαλον Δῖόν τ´ αἰπὺ πτολίεθρον« (Β 538). ἔστι καὶ Μακεδονίας, ἔνθα τὸν Ὀλυμπικὸν ἀγῶνα ἐτέλουν· γʹ …