Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Tenos: Tenos, a Cycladic island, from the founder Tenos. It was also called 'Hydroessa' because it is well-watered, and 'Ophioussa'. Aristotle in the work On Marvellous Things Heard says that in the island of Tenos they say there is a small bowl containing a mixture, from which they kindle fire very easily. And Athenaeus in the second book of the Deipnosophists concerning it that in the island of Tenos there is a spring whose water does not mix with wine. There is also a Laconian city, one of the hundred, called Tenos. The citizen 'Tenios', and the feminine 'Tenia', from which also Erinna the Tenian poetess. It is also said 'Teneus'.
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.
…ων ἀκουσμάτων φησὶν ὅτι ἐν Τήνῳ τῇ νήσῳ φασὶν εἶναι φιάλιον σύγκραμα ἔχον, ἐξ οὗ πῦρ ἀνάπτουσι πάνυ ῥᾳδίως. καὶ Ἀθήναιος ἐν δευτέρῳ δειπνοσοφιστῶν περὶ αὐτῆς ὅτι ἐν Τήνῳ τῇ νήσῳ κρήνη ἐστίν, ἧς τὸ ὕδωρ οἴνῳ οὐ μίγνυται. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Λακωνικὴ μία τῶν ἑκατὸν Τῆνος λεγομένη. ὁ πολίτης Τήνιος, καὶ τὸ θηλυκὸν Τηνία, ἀφ´ οὗ καὶ Ἥριννα Τηνία ποιήτρια. λέγεται καὶ Τηνεύς.
…ᾶνος ὁ μικρός. Τὰ εἰς 'ενος' δισύλλαβα τινὰ μὲν βαρύνονται, ἔνος ὁ ἐνιαυτός, ξένος, Τένος ὁ Κύκνου, τινὰ δὲ ὀξύνονται, κενός, στενός. Τὰ εἰς 'ηνος' κύρια ἢ προσηγορικὰ βαρύνεται, Τῆνος, νῆσος Κυκλὰς ὁμοφώνως τῷ οἰκιστῇ. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Λακωνικὴ μία τῶν ἑκατὸν Τῆνος λεγομένη, Φῆνος ὄνομα ποταμοῦ, Ῥῆνος ὁ ποταμὸς καὶ ἔθνος παροικοῦν. Στρῆνος πόλις Κρητική, Λῆνος ὁ τόπος τῶν Πισατῶν. Φλέγων μηʹ Ὀλυμπιάδι. Σῆνος πόλις Αἰγύπτου. Ἑκαταῖος ἐν αὐτῆς περιηγήσει, Ἦνος, Σφῆνος ὄνομα τόπου, Σμῆνος ὄνο…
…άτων φησὶν ὅτι ἐν Τήνῳ τῇ νήσῳ φασὶν εἶναι φιάλιον σύγκραμα ἔχον, ἐξ οὗ πῦρ ἀνάπτουσι πάνυ ῥᾳδίως. καὶ Ἀθήναιος ἐν δευτέρῳ δειπνοσοφιστῶν περὶ αὐτῆς ὅτι ἐν Τήνῳ τῇ νήσῳ κρήνη ἐστίν, ἧς τὸ ὕδωρ οἴνῳ οὐ μίγνυται. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Λακωνικὴ μία τῶν ἑκατὸν Τῆνος λεγομένη. ὁ πολίτης Τήνιος, καὶ τὸ θηλυκὸν Τηνία, ἀφ´ οὗ καὶ Ἥριννα Τηνία ποιήτρια. λέγεται καὶ Τηνεύς.
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