Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Trallis: Trallis, a city of Lydia on the river Maeander, previously Polyantheia because many flowers grew there. It was also called 'Erymna'; the ethnonym 'Trallianos'.
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.
Τράλλις, πόλις Λυδίας πρὸς τῷ Μαιάνδρῳ ποταμῷ, ἡ πρότερον [λεγομένη] Πολυάνθεια διὰ τὸ πολλὰ ἄνθη ἐκεῖ πεφυκέναι. ἐκαλεῖτο καὶ Ἐρυμνά· τὸ ἐθνικὸν Τραλλιανός.
…λλίς καὶ φυλὴ Ἄργους καὶ Δωριέων καὶ Τροιζηνίων. Βυβλίς, ἀδελφὴ Καύνου, οὗ ἐρασθεῖσα φεύγοντος ἐκείνου ἀπήγξατο. οὕτω δὲ καὶ ἐκαλεῖτο Μῆλος μία τῶν Κυκλάδων ἀπὸ τῶν Βυβλίων Φοινίκων. Βρυλλίς χώρα ἐν τῇ Προποντίδι. τὸ δὲ Τράλλις πόλις Λυδίας πρὸς τῷ Μαιάνδρῳ ποταμῷ, καὶ τὸ Βύλλις πόλις Ἰλλυρίδος παραθαλασσία, τῶν μετὰ Νεοπτολέμου Μυρμιδόνων κτίσμα. καὶ τὸ δέλλις τὸ μικρὸν σφηκίον διὰ τοῦ 'θ' κλίνεται. καὶ τὸ βάλλις δὲ βαρύνεται εἶδος ἄνθους, ὃ δοκεῖ ποιεῖν ἀναζῆν τὸν νεκρόν. Τὰ εἰ…