Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Zarex: a Laconian city by the sea. Also an Athenian hero, as Pausanias in the first: "there is also a hero-shrine of Hippothoon, from whom they name the tribe The ethnonym Zarekios from the genitive, as 'Thrakios'.
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.
Ζάρηξ, πόλις Λακωνικὴ πρὸς τῇ θαλάσσῃ. καὶ ἥρως Ἀθηναῖος, ὡς Παυσανίας ἐν πρώτῳ “ἔστι καὶ Ἱπποθόωντος ἡρῷον, ἀφ´ οὗ τὴν φυλὴν ὀνομάζουσι [καὶ πλησίον Ζάρηκος”.] τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ζαρήκιος ἀπὸ τῆς γενικῆς, ὡς Θρᾴκιος.
… 316) «πτερύγος λάβεν ἀμφιαχυῖαν». οἱ δὲ ἄλλοι προπαροξύνουσιν τὸ πτέρυγος ὡς ὄρτυγος. Τὰ εἰς 'ηξ' μὴ ὄντα σύνθετα ἐπιθετικὰ βαρύνεται, μύρμηξ· ἔστι δὲ καὶ κύριον Μύρμηξ ἡ Ἐπιμηθέως γυνή, σκώληξ, νάρθηξ, κάχληξ, ἀλώπηξ. Ζάρηξ πόλις Λακωνικὴ πρὸς τῇ θαλάσσῃ καὶ ἥρως Ἀθηναῖος, ὡς Παυσανίας ἐν πρώτῳ (c. 38, 4) «ἔστι καὶ Ἱπποθόωντος ἡρῷον, ἀφ´ οὗ τὴν φυλὴν ὀνομάζουσι καὶ πλησίον Ζάρηκος». Ζαύηξ ἔθνος Λιβύης. Ἡρόδοτος δʹ (c. 193). «Ζαύηκος ἔθνος» Ἑκαταῖος ἐν περιηγήσει Ἀσίας. πήληξ καὶ Πήληξ δῆμος τῆς Λεοντίδος φυλῆς καὶ ὁ δημότης.