Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Stroe: Stroe, a city of Libya, as Hecataeus in the Periegesis of Asia. The ethnonym 'Stroaios' or 'Stroites'.
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.
Στρώη, πόλις Λιβύης, ὡς Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίας περιηγήσει. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Στρωαῖος ἢ Στρωίτης.
…ιτύη. Μαντύη πόλις Ῥωμαίων, ἣ καὶ Μαντύα. Τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'ωη' ὀξύνεται, ζωή, θωή ἡ ζημία, τοῦτο δὲ καὶ σὺν τῷ 'ι', ἐξ οὗ καὶ τὸ ἀθῷος, δμῳή, ἐρωή, ἰωή, ἀλῳή· τοῦτο δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀλοιῶ ῥήματος γεγονὸς σὺν τῷ 'ι' γράφεται. τὸ δὲ Στρώη πόλις Λιβύης, ὡς Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίας περιηγήσει. καὶ Οἰνώη πόλις τῆς Ἀργείας, ὅθεν Οἰνωᾶτις Ἄρτεμις, βαρύνεται ὡς κύρια. Τὰ εἰς 'βη' ἔχοντα πρὸ τοῦ 'β' σύμφωνον κατ´ ἐπιπλοκὴν ἢ κατὰ διάστασιν βαρύνεται, εἰ μὴ ῥηματικὰ εἴη προσηγορικὰ καὶ παραλήγοι τῷ 'ο', τύρβη, Κόμ…