Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Syassos: Syassos, a village of Phrygia. In this village they say the Cimmerians found tens of thousands of wheat stored in pits, from which they were fed for a long time. The ethnonym 'Syasseus', because of the form customary in the country.
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.
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