Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Akannai: an emporium around the Erythraean Sea. The ethnonym Akannaios, as 'Sabaios' and 'Gerrhaios' and 'Erythraios' among them.
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.
Ἀκάνναι, ἐμπόριον περὶ τὴν Ἐρυθρὰν θάλασσαν. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἀκανναῖος, ὡς Σαβαῖος καὶ Γερραῖος καὶ Ἐρυθραῖος παρ´ αὐτοῖς.
…ν, ἔστι δὲ τόπος ἔχων ναὸν τῶν Διοσκούρων διὰ τὸ ἐκεῖ τούτους τιμᾶσθαι. θεραπεύειν γὰρ τιμᾶν σημαίνει καὶ ὁ ναὸς τὴν οἰκίαν, ἔνθα θεοὶ θεραπεύονται. Καλύδναι νῆσοι, Ἀφίδναι δῆμος Ἀττικῆς, λέγεται δὲ καὶ Κάλυδνα, Ἄφιδνα. Ἀκάνναι ἐμπόριον περὶ τὴν Ἐρυθρὰν θάλασσαν. τὸ δὲ Ἐρυμναί πόλις Λυκίας—Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν πρώτῃ Λυκιακῶν—ὀξύνεται ἐπιθετικὸν ὄν. Τὰ εἰς 'νη' μονογενῆ ἔχοντα τὴν πρὸ τέλους συλλαβὴν εἰς 'ρ' καταλήγουσαν βαρύνεται, πτέρνη, Λέρνη ἡ κρήνη, πέρνη καὶ Πέρνη πόλις Θρᾴκης ἀντικρ…