Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Aigilia: a deme of the Antiochid tribe. The demesman Aigilieus. The locatives Aigiliathen Aigiliande Aigilioi. There is also an island between Crete and the Peloponnese, Aigila. The inhabitant Aigilios as 'Kytherios'.
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.
Αἰγιλιά, δῆμος τῆς Ἀντιοχίδος φυλῆς. ὁ δημότης Αἰγιλιεύς. τὰ τοπικὰ Αἰγιλιᾶθεν Αἰγιλιάνδε Αἰγιλιοῖ. ἔστι καὶ νῆσος μεταξὺ Κρήτης καὶ Πελοποννήσου Αἴγιλα. ὁ οἰκήτωρ Αἰγίλιος ὡς Κυθήριος.
τῆς Ἱπποθοωντίδος φυλῆς, Ἑρχιά δῆμος τῆς Αἰγηΐδος φυλῆς ἀπὸ Ἑρχίου τοῦ ξενίσαντος Δήμητραν, Κρωπιά δῆμος τῆς Λεοντίδος φυλῆς, Ἀνδροτίων δὲ Κρῶπάς φησι τὸν δῆμον, Λακιά δῆμος τῆς Οἰνηΐδος φυλῆς, Αἰγιλιά δῆμος τῆς Ἀντιοχίδος φυλῆς, ὀνόματα δήμων ὀξύνεται, μεθ´ ὧν καὶ Κωπιαί, ὡς ὕστερον Θούριοι πόλις Ἰταλίας ἐκαλεῖτο. ὡσαύτως δὲ ὀξύνονται καὶ τὸ πυρκαϊά καὶ ἐσχατιά περιεκτικὴν τοπικὴν ἔννοιαν δηλοῦντα. Τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'εια' γινόμενα ἀπὸ τῶν διὰ τοῦ 'ευω' …