Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Kranae: a Laconian island. Homer: ‘and on the island Kranae I lay with you.’ It lies off Gytheion. Attike too used to be called thus, after Kranaos. For some have understood the Homeric ‘in Kranae’ in this way, in place of ‘in Atthis’. It is now called Helene. In my view Alexander means not that he had made the voyage through the islands, the one leading inwards, but the outside route. For, suspecting that he would be pursued, he keeps Crete on the left and, sailing along the coast of Asia, comes to Phoinike. The ethnonym, if it is that of the Laconian island, is ‘Kranaates’ as in ‘Karyates’; if that of Attike, ‘Kranaios’ as in ‘Athenaios’.
Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.
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…νέα κυνῆ, τραγέα τραγῆ. Τὰ εἰς 'η' καθαρὸν μονογενῆ οὐ πολλὰ βαρύνεται, Δαύη πόλις Ἀραβίας. Δανάη. Ἀγαυή ὀξύνεται ἐπιθετικὸν ὄν, ὡσαύτως καὶ Κραναή νῆσος Λακωνική. Ὅμηρος »νήσῳ δ´ ἐν Κραναῇ ἐμίγην« (Il. Γ 445). οὕτως δὲ ἐκαλεῖτο καὶ ἡ Ἀττικὴ ἀπὸ Κραναοῦ. ἐξειλήφασι γάρ τινες τὸ Ὁμηρικὸν τὸ Κραναῇ ἀντὶ τοῦ Ἀτθίδι. καὶ τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'ευη' παροξύνεται, χλεύη, Βεύη πόλις Μακεδονίας, Εὔη. τὸ δὲ σκευή ὀξύνεται, καὶ τὰ ἀπ´ αὐτῆς κατασκευή, ἐπισκευή, ὑποσκευή. Τὰ εἰς 'η' καθαρὸν δισύλλαβα τῷ 'ο' παραλ…