Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Zaia: a most ancient city of Boiotia, Herodian. Both with 'e' and with the diphthong 'ai'. The ethnonym Zaiates as 'Boiates'.
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.
Ζαῖα, πόλις Βοιωτίας ἀρχαιοτάτη, Ἡρωδιανός. καὶ διὰ τοῦ « ε » καὶ διὰ τῆς « αι » διφθόγγου. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ζαιάτης ὡς Βοιάτης.
…ὴν αὐτήν φασιν ἀφαιρέσει τῆς ἀρχῆς, ὧν εἷς ἐστι καὶ Καλλίμαχος, Ἀριστοτέλης δὲ Γραῖαν τὴν νῦν Ὠρωπόν «ἡ δὲ Γραῖα τόπος τῆς Ὠρωπίας πρὸς τῇ θαλάσσῃ κατ´ Ἐρέτριαν τῆς Εὐβοίας κειμένη». Φαῖα. Ζαῖα πόλις Βοιωτίας ἀρχαιοτάτη καὶ διὰ τοῦ 'ε' καὶ διὰ τῆς 'αι' διφθόγγου. Θυῖα. μυῖα. Τὰ εἰς 'α' συνεσταλμένον μονογενῆ ὑπὲρ δύο συλλαβὰς παραλήγοντα