Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Aipy: a city of Messenia: "and Thryon, the ford of Alpheios, and well-built Aipy", called Aipy from its steepness. The ethnonym Aipytes as 'Aigytes'.
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.
Αἶπυ, πόλις Μεσσηνίας “καὶ Θρύον Ἀλφειοῖο πόρον καὶ ἐύκτιτον Αἶπυ” ἀπὸ τῆς ἐρυμνότητος Αἶπυ καλουμένη. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Αἰπύτης ὡς Αἰγύτης.
…Ἠριγόνῃ »ἡ δ´ ὅτε δὴ Θορικοῦ καλὸν ἵκανεν ἕδος....« ὅτι δὲ δῆμος Θορικός δῆλον. ἔστι καὶ κώμη πλησίον Κανώβου παρὰ τὴν Ἀλεξάνδρειαν—νᾶπυ τὸ σίνηπι, κόνδυ, κάχρυ, φῖτυ τὸ φίτυμα, μῶλυ, τρῆνυ, ἄσχυ ἀπόρευμα δένδρου. τὸ δὲ Αἶπυ πόλις Μεσσηνίας »καὶ Θρύον Ἀλφειοῖο πόρον καὶ ἐΰκτιτον Αἶπυ« (Β 592) ἀπὸ τῆς ἐρυμνότητος καλουμένη, ἀμφίβολόν ἐστιν. Ἀρίσταρχος γὰρ ὡς ὀξύ, συγκατατίθεται δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ