Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Terina: Terina, a city of Italy and a river of the same name, a foundation of the Crotoniates, as Phlegon. It was also called Great Greece, as Apollonides of Nicaea in the work On Proverbs. Some say it is an island, onto which Ligeia the Siren was washed up, as Lycophron: "and Ligeia will be cast ashore at Terina". The citizen 'Terinaios'.
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.
Τέρινα, πόλις Ἰταλίας καὶ ποταμὸς ὁμώνυμος, κτίσμα Κροτωνιατῶν, ὡς Φλέγων. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ καὶ μεγάλη Ἑλλάς ὡς Ἀπολλωνίδης ὁ Νικαεὺς ἐν τῷ περὶ παροιμιῶν. τινὲς δὲ νῆσον αὐτήν, εἰς ἣν ἐξεβράσθη Λίγεια ἡ Σειρήν, ὡς Λυκόφρων “Λίγεια δ´ εἰς Τέριναν ἐκναυσθλώσεται”. ὁ π…
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