Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Kranae: a Laconian island. Homer: ‘on the island of Kranae I lay with her’. It lies off Gytheion. Attica too used to be called thus after Kranaos. For some have taken the Homeric ‘in Kranae’ in this way, instead of ‘in Atthis’. It is now called Helene. It seems to me that Alexander means not the voyage through the islands, the one leading inwards, but the outer one. For, suspecting that he would be pursued, he keeps Crete on his left and, coasting along Asia, comes to Phoenicia. The ethnonym, if it is from the Laconian island, is ‘Kranates’ (as in ‘Karyates’), but if from Attica, ‘Kranaios’ (as in ‘Athenaios’).
Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.
Κραναή, νῆσος Λακωνική. Ὅμηρος “νήσῳ δ´ ἐν Κραναῇ ἐμίγην”. ἥτις πρόκειται τοῦ Γυθείου. οὕτως ἐκαλεῖτο καὶ ἡ Ἀττικὴ ἀπὸ Κραναοῦ. ἐξειλήφασι γάρ τινες οὕτω τὸ Ὁμηρικὸν τὸ Κραναῇ ἀντὶ τοῦ Ἀτθίδι. Ἑλένη καλεῖται νῦν. ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ Ἀλέξανδρος δηλοῦν οὐ τὸν διὰ τῶν νήσων πλοῦν πεποιημένον, τὸν εἴσω ἄγοντα, ἀλλὰ τὸν ἔξω. ὑπονοῶν γὰρ διωχθήσεσθαι τὴν Κρήτην εὐώνυμον λαμβάνει κ…
…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…