Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Saxones: Saxones, a people dwelling in the Cimbrian Chersonese.
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.
Σάξονες, ἔθνος οἰκοῦν ἐν τῇ Κιμβρικῇ χερρονήσῳ.
…ὴν πρὸς τὴν Ἄψυρτον νῆσον. Ἀρτεμίδωρος. τὸ δὲ κανών ὀξύνεται, προσέτι πλατανών καὶ ξενών καὶ παρθενών. Τὰ εἰς 'ξων' ὁπότε μὴ εἴη ἐπίθετα, δυνάμενα καὶ ἐπὶ θηλυκοῦ τάττεσθαι, βαρύνονται, ἄξων, Πράξων, Δέξων, Αἴξων, Σάξων ἔθνος οἰκοῦν ἐν τῇ Κιμβρικῇ χερρονήσῳ. τὸ μέντοι δραξών ὀξύνεται ὡς ἐπιθετικόν. ἔστι δὲ λέξις Σικελική. σημαίνει δὲ τοὺς κατ´ ἀγορὰν τῶν ἀλφίτων ἢ τοὺς ἄλλων τινῶν δραττομένους καὶ ἁρπάζοντας, οὓς Ἐρατοσθένης καπηδάλους καλεῖ. ὡσαύτως καὶ πραξών. οὕτως δὲ τ…