Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Tyros: Tyre, an island in Phoenicia, from Tyros son of Phoinix. There is also Tyros of Laconia, and an island near the Red Sea, which Artemidorus calls Tylos with the 'l'. There is also a city of India and of Lydia and of Pisidia. And Arrian calls Anatha Tyros. The ethnonym 'Tyrios' and 'Tyria' feminine and the neuter Tyrion. And the possessive 'Tyriakos', as 'Rhodiakos'. It was also called 'Palaityros', and the ethnonym 'Palaityrios'.
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.
Τύρος, νῆσος ἐν Φοινίκῃ, ἀπὸ Τύρου τοῦ Φοίνικος. ἔστι καὶ Τύρος τῆς Λακωνικῆς καὶ νῆσος πρὸς τῇ Ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ, ἣν Ἀρτεμίδωρος Τύλον διὰ τοῦ « λ » καλεῖ. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Ἰνδίας καὶ Λυδίας καὶ Πισιδίας. Ἀρριανὸς δὲ τὰ Ἄναθα Τύρον καλεῖ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Τύριος καὶ Τυρία θηλυκὸν καὶ τὸ οὐδέτερον Τύριον. καὶ τὸ κτητικὸν Τυριακός ὡς Ῥοδιακός. ἐκλήθη δὲ καὶ Παλαίτυρος καὶ τὸ ἐθνικὸν Παλαιτύριος.
Τὰ εἰς 'ρος' δισύλλαβα παραληγόμενα τῷ 'υ' βραχεῖ βαρύνονται, Σύρος κοινὸν ὄνομα πολλῶν ἐθνῶν. Τύρος νῆσος ἐν Φοινίκῃ ἀπὸ Τύρου τοῦ Φοίνικος. ἔστι καὶ Τύρος τῆς Λακωνικῆς καὶ νῆσος πρὸς τῇ Ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ, ἣν Ἀρτεμίδωρος Τύλον διὰ τοῦ 'λ' καλεῖ, ἔστι καὶ πόλις Ἰνδίας καὶ Λυδίας καὶ Πισιδίας. Ἀρριανὸς δὲ τὰ Ἄναθα Τύρον καλεῖ. Μύρος ποταμὸς παραρρέων Μύραν πόλιν ὁ καὶ Μύρων. εἰ δὲ ἔχοι ἐκτεταμένον, κύρια μὲν ὄντα βαρύνεται, Κῦρος, Σκῦρος, ἡ νῆσος, περὶ ἧς Νικόλαος ἐν πέμπτῳ «Σκῦρον δὲ τὸ μὲν παλαιὸν ᾤκουν Πελασγοί τε καὶ Κᾶρες». Σφῦρος, Σῦρο…