Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Ainia: with the 'i', a city of the Perrhaibians, and Ainianes the inhabitants and the river Ainios belonging to it. They are also called Ainieis. The same were also called Melieis. Strabo in the eleventh says that in the Pontos there are other Ainianes, who are now called Parsioi. The ethnonym Ainian. And if it came from the proper name Ainian, its homophony is reasonable, as 'Tros' and 'Achaios', while 'Teukros' and 'Graikos' are not homophonous; but if from the city, there will first be found Ainios, as from 'Lykia' 'Lykios', then because of homonymy with the river, for distinction, it became Ainian, as 'megistos' 'megistan'. The feminine Ainianis, as 'Bistonis'. And the possessive Ainiakos gulf.
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.
Αἰνία, διὰ τοῦ « ι », πόλις Περραιβῶν, καὶ Αἰνιᾶνες οἱ οἰκοῦντες καὶ Αἴνιος ποταμὸς αὐτῆς. λέγονται δὲ καὶ Αἰνιεῖς. ἐκαλοῦντο δὲ καὶ Μηλιεῖς οἱ αὐτοί. Στράβων δὲ ἐν τῇ ἑνδεκάτῃ φησὶν ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ Αἰνιᾶνας ἄλλους εἶναι, οὓς καλεῖσθαι νῦν Παρσίους. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Αἰνιάν. καὶ εἰ μὲν ἀπὸ τοῦ κυρίου Αἰνιᾶνος γέγονεν, εὔλογος ἡ ὁμοφωνία αὐτοῦ, ὡς τὸ Τρώς καὶ Ἀχαιός, μὴ ὁμοφωνοῦντος τοῦ Τευκρός καὶ Γραικός· εἰ δὲ παρὰ τὴν πόλιν, εὑρεθήσεται πρότερον Αἴνιος, ὡς τῆς Λυκίας …
Αἰνιάν ἔθνος Πεῤῥαιβῶν· λέγονται δὲ καὶ Αἰνιεῖς. ἐκαλοῦντο δὲ καὶ Μηλιεῖς οἱ αὐτοί. Στράβων δὲ ἐν τῇ ἑνδεκάτῃ φησὶν ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ Αἰνιᾶνας ἄλλους εἶναι, οὓς καλεῖσθαι νῦν Παρσίους· καὶ εἰ μὲν ἀπὸ τοῦ κυρίου Αἰνιᾶνος γέγονεν, εὔλογος ἡ ὁμοφωνία αὐτοῦ ὡς τὸ Τρώς καὶ Ἀχαιός μὴ ὁμοφωνοῦντος τοῦ Τευκρός καὶ Γραικός· εἰ δὲ παρὰ τὴν πόλιν Αἰνίαν, εὑρεθήσεται πρότερον Αἴνιος ὡς τῆς Λυκίας Λύκιος, εἶτα δι…
Αἰνία, διὰ τοῦ « ι », πόλις Περραιβῶν, καὶ Αἰνιᾶνες οἱ οἰκοῦντες καὶ Αἴνιος ποταμὸς αὐτῆς. λέγονται δὲ καὶ Αἰνιεῖς. ἐκαλοῦντο δὲ καὶ Μηλιεῖς οἱ αὐτοί. Στράβων δὲ ἐν τῇ ἑνδεκάτῃ φησὶν ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ Αἰνιᾶνας ἄλλους εἶναι, οὓς καλεῖσθαι νῦν Παρσίους. τὸ ἐθνικὸν …
…νεια τόπος Θρᾴκης ἀπὸ Αἰνείου. Θέων δ´ Αἰνειάδας ταύτην καλεῖ, ὑπομνηματίζων τὸν Λυκόφρονα (v. 1263) «Αἰνείας δὲ μετὰ τὴν Ἰλίου πόρθησιν εἰς Θρᾴκην παρεγένετο καὶ ἔκτισε πόλιν Αἰνειάδας, ὅπου τὸν πατέρα ἔθαψε». Αἰνία δὲ διὰ τοῦ 'ι' πόλις Περραιβῶν. Αἴπεια πόλις Λακωνικῆς «καλήν τ´ Αἴπειαν καὶ Πήδασον» (Il. Ι 152). ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα Κύπρου. τρίτη Κρήτης ὡς Ἑλλάνικος. Ἀγάμμεια ἄκρα καὶ λιμὴν περὶ τὴν Τροίαν, ὡς Ἑλλάνικος