Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Kynosarges: a gymnasium in Attica and a deme, named after Diomos, after whom the area at Athens is called 'Diomeia'. For Diomos, when sacrificing to Herakles as a god, displayed to Herakles as a hero the offerings with which he was going to entertain him, and a white dog snatched the thigh-pieces from him and carried them to this locality. The deme-member and the expression for origin from the place are 'ek Kynosargous'; for motion to the place, 'es Kynosarges'; and for location in the place, 'en Kynosargei'.
Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.
Κυνόσαργες, γυμνάσιον ἐν τῇ Ἀττικῇ καὶ δῆμος, ἀπὸ Διόμου, ἀφ´ οὗ ὁ χῶρος Ἀθήνησι Διόμεια καλεῖται. Δίομος γὰρ Ἡρακλεῖ ὡς θεῷ θύων τὰ ξενώσων ἱερὰ Ἡρακλεῖ ἥρῳ ἔδειξε, καὶ αὐτῷ κύων λευκὸς ἁρπάσας τὰ μηρία εἰς τοῦτο τὸ χωρίον ἤνεγκεν. ὁ δημότης καὶ τὸ ἐκ τόπου ἐκ Κυνοσάργους, καὶ εἰς τόπον ἐς Κυνόσαργες, καὶ ἐν τόπῳ ἐν Κυνοσάργει.
…πολὰς πρὸς ταῖς Συρακούσαις. τὸ ἔλεγχος, τὸ σκότος, τὸ τάριχος γέγονε κατὰ μεταβολὴν τοῦ γένους ἐκ τοῦ ὁ ἔλεγχος, ὁ σκότος, ὁ τάριχος. αἱ δὲ μετοχαὶ ὀξύνονται, τὸ τετυφός, πεποιηκός. Τὰ εἰς 'ες' μονογενῆ προπαροξύνεται, Κυνόσαργες γυμνάσιον ἐν τῇ Ἀττικῇ καὶ δῆμος, ἀπὸ Διόμου, ἀφ´ οὗ ὁ χῶρος Ἀθήνησι Διόμεια καλεῖται. Δίομος γὰρ Ἡρακλεῖ ὡς θεῷ θύων τὰ ξενώσων (?) ἱερὰ Ἡρακλεῖ ἥρῳ ἔδειξε καὶ αὐτῷ κύων λευκὸς ἁρπάσας τὰ μηρία εἰς τοῦτο τὸ χωρίον ἤνεγκε. ὅμαρες τὸ συμφωνοῦν, πεύκαες τὸ πικρόν, ῥώπαες τὸ ἀλσῶδες, πάνακες, δονάκαες. τὰ δὲ ἐπιθετικὰ ὀξύνεται ὥσπερ καὶ τὰ ἀρσενικά, εὐσεβές, εὐγενές. {1ΠΕΡΙ ΜΟΝΟΣΥΛΛΑΒΩΝ ΟΝΟΜΑΤΩΝ. ΒΙΒΛΙΟΝ ιδʹ.}1 Πᾶν ὄνομα μονοσύλλαβον οὐδέτε…