Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Krannon: a city of Thessaly in Pelasgiotis, in Tempe, as Hekataios in his Europa. There is also another city of Athamania, from Krannon son of Pelasgos. In this one they say there are only two ravens, as Kallimachos in his Marvels and Theopompos. Whenever they hatch others, leaving them equal in number, they depart. A citizen is a 'Krannonios'. Herodotus, book 6: 'And from Thessaly came Diaktorides of the Skopadai, a Krannonios.' The city of Krannon is distant 100 stadia from Gyrton, as Strabo says. Homer too says that the Krannonians are Ephyroi, and the Gyrtonians Phlegyai. In the feminine 'Krannonis', from the genitive.
Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.
Κραννών, πόλις τῆς Θεσσαλίας τῆς Πελασγιώτιδος ἐν τοῖς Τέμπεσιν, ὡς Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη πόλις Ἀθαμανίας, ἀπὸ Κράννωνος τοῦ Πελασγοῦ. ἐν ταύτῃ δύο κόρακας εἶναί φασι μόνους, ὡς Καλλίμαχος ἐν τοῖς Θαυμασίοις καὶ Θεόπομπος. ὅταν δ´ ἄλλους ἐκνοσσεύσωσιν, ἴσους αὐτοὺς καταλιπόντες ἀπέρχονται. ὁ πολίτης Κραννώνιος. Ἡρόδοτος ἕκτῃ “ἐκ δὲ Θεσσαλίης ἦλθε τῶν …
…η ἢ περιεκτικά, βαρύνεται, Μέμνων, ἔστι καὶ ἔθνος Αἰθιοπικόν, ὃ ἑρμηνεύεται, ὡς ὁ πολυίστωρ φησίν, ἀγρίους τινὰς ἢ μαχίμους καὶ χαλεπούς. Δάφνων, Ἅγνων. Σέννων ἔθνος Γαλατικόν. τὸ Κραννών ὡς ἐπὶ πόλεως ὀξύνεται· ἔστι δὲ πόλις τῆς Θεσσαλίας τῆς Πελασγιώτιδος ἐν τοῖς Τέμπεσιν, ὡς Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη πόλις Ἀθαμανίας ἀπὸ Κραννῶνος τοῦ Πελασγοῦ. καὶ τὸ δαφνών ὡς περιεκτικόν. Τὰ εἰς 'νων' ἔχοντα τὴν πρὸ τέλους εἰς φωνῆεν ἢ φωνήεντα λήγοντα, εἰ μὴ τοπικὰ εἴη, βαρύνεται καὶ τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'ονος' ὡς ἀμείνων