Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Akeles: a city of Lydia. The citizens Akeletes, the feminine Akeletis. It seems to be named from Akeles son of Herakles and Malis, a slave of Omphale, as Hellanikos. Herodian says Akelesios as 'Mendesios', so that Akeles is as 'Mendes', with which the remaining usage agrees, but Hellanikos said "to the city Akelen"; for it ought to have been Akeleta.... For the Technikos: "all in 'sios' are proparoxytone, even if 't' stands before the 'i', except tribrach proper names."
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.
Ἀκέλης, πόλις Λυδίας. οἱ πολῖται Ἀκέλητες, τὸ θηλυκὸν Ἀκελῆτις. ἔοικε δὲ λέγεσθαι ἀπὸ Ἀκέλου τοῦ Ἡρακλέους καὶ Μαλίδος παιδός, δούλης τῆς Ὀμφάλης, ὡς Ἑλλάνικος. Ἡρωδιανὸς δ´ Ἀκελήσιος φησὶν ὡς Μενδήσιος, ὥστε Ἀκέλης εἶναι ὡς Μένδης, ᾧ συνᾴδει μὲν ἡ λοιπὴ χρῆσις, Ἑλλάνικος δ´ εἶπεν “εἰς πόλιν Ἀκέλην” ἐχρῆν γὰρ Ἀκέλητα εἶναι. ... ὁ γὰρ τεχνικός “τὰ διὰ τοῦ « σιος » πάντα προπαρο…
…ς παρὰ Σώφρονι οἷον »Ἡρακλῆς Ἠπιάλητα πνίγων« Κεφάλλης Κεφάλλητος ὄνομα κύριον, Ἀκέλης Ἀκέλητος ὄνομα ποταμοῦ· ἔστι καὶ πόλις Ἀκέλης καὶ ὁ πολίτης ὁμοφώνως. Ἑλλάνικος δ´ εἶπεν »εἰς πόλιν Ἀκέλην«· ἐχρῆν δὲ Ἀκέλητα εἶναι. ἔοικε δὲ λέγεσθαι ἀπὸ Ἀκέλου τοῦ Ἡρακλέους καὶ Μαλίδος παιδός, δούλης τῆς Ὀμφάλης, ὡς Ἑλλάνικος. Ἀμέλης Ἀμέλητος ὄνομα ποταμοῦ, Τρεμίλης Τρεμίλου καὶ Τρεμίλητος, ἀφ´ οὗ ἡ Λυκία ἐκαλεῖτο Τρεμίλη ὡς Πανύασις ἔνθα δ´ ἔναιε μέγας Τρεμίλης καὶ ἔγημε θύγατρα, νύμφην Ὠγυγίην, ἣν Πραξιδίκην καλέουσιν, Σίβρῳ ἐπ´ ἀργυρέῳ πο…