Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Aithopion: a place of Lydia by the Hyllos, near the Euripos, from which Artemis Aithopia. Others that Apollo brought her while she was living among the Ethiopians, others that she is the same as the moon, from 'aithein', as Kallimachos, others that she is the same as Hekate, who always holds torches, as Eratosthenes.
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.
Αἰθόπιον, χωρίον Λυδίας παρὰ Ὕλλῳ, [ἢ] πλησίον τοῦ Εὐρίπου, ἀφ´ οὗ ἡ Ἄρτεμις Αἰθοπία. οἱ δὲ ὅτι παρὰ τοῖς Αἰθίοψι διάγουσαν Ἀπόλλων ἤγαγεν αὐτήν, οἱ δὲ τὴν αὐτὴν τῇ σελήνῃ παρὰ τὸ αἴθειν ὡς Καλλίμαχος, οἱ δὲ ὅτι ἡ αὐτή ἐστι τῇ Ἑκάτῃ, ἥτις ἀεὶ δᾷδας κατέχει, ὡς Ἐρατοσθένης.
…άπου τοῦ μετοικήσαντος εἰς Ἰταλίαν. Μελανίππιον πόλις Παμφυλίας. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ, τινὲς δὲ Λυκίας φασί. Ἐλλόπιον πόλις Αἰτωλίας. Πολύβιος ιαʹ. Τριόπιον πόλις Καρίας ἀπὸ Τριόπου τοῦ πατρὸς Ἐρυσίχθονος. λέγεται καὶ Τριοπία. Αἰθόπιον χωρίον Λυδίας παρὰ Ὕλλῳ ἢ πλησίον τοῦ Εὐρίπου, ἀφ´ οὗ ἡ Ἄρτεμις Αἰθοπία. οἱ δὲ ὅτι παρὰ τοῖς Αἰθίοψι διάγουσαν Ἀπόλλων ἤγαγεν αὐτήν, οἱ δὲ τὴν αὐτὴν τῇ σελήνῃ παρὰ τὸ αἴθειν ὡς Καλλίμαχος, οἱ δὲ ὅτι ἡ αὐτή ἐστι τῇ Ἑκάτῃ, ἥτις ἀεὶ δᾷδας ἔχει, ὡς Ἐρατοσθένης. Κωνώπιον πόλις τῆς Μαιώτιδος λίμνης. * Τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'ριον' ὑπὲρ τρεῖς συλλαβὰς προπαροξύνεται, ὀψάριον, οἰνάριον, ἱππάριον, φυτάριον καὶ σουδάριον, κελλάριον ἀπὸ τῆς τῶν Ῥωμαίων διαλέκτου ἐκτεταμένου…