Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Topazos: Topazos, an Indian island. The ethnonym 'Topazios'. Alexander Polyhistor says that in the island of the Topazioi too a stone is found of the same name as the island, that it is like the colour of new oil. It was formerly written with 'x'.
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.