Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Akra: a city of Iapygia, according to some called Hydrous. Second, there is also another having within it the harbour Brentesion. It is of Italy. Third.... is a foundation of the Syracusans. Fourth, of Euboia. Sixth, of Scythia. Seventh, of Cyprus. Eighth, of Akarnania. The ethnonym Akraios and the feminine Akraia. Ninth, there is Akra above Antiocheia near Daphne. Those from it were called Akraitai. Tenth, there is also Akra beyond the Tigris, Arrian in the sixteenth.
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.
Ἄκρα, Ἰαπυγίας πόλις, κατά τινας Ὑδροῦς λεγομένη. βʹ ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα ἐν αὑτῇ ἔχουσα λιμένα Βρεντέσιον. ἔστι δὲ Ἰταλίας. γʹ .... ἐστὶ Συρακοσίων κτίσμα. δʹ Εὐβοίας. ϛʹ Σκυθίας. ζʹ Κύπρου. ηʹ Ἀκαρνανίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἀκραῖος καὶ τὸ θηλυκὸν Ἀκραία. θʹ ἔστιν Ἄκρα ὑπὲρ Ἀντιόχειαν τὴν περὶ τὴν Δάφνην. Ἀκραῗται δὲ οἱ ἐξ αὐτῆς ἐκαλοῦντο. ιʹ ἔστι καὶ…
Ἄγρα καὶ Ἄγραι χωρίον, ἑνικῶς καὶ πληθυντικῶς. ἔστι δὲ τῆς Ἀττικῆς πρὸ τῆς πόλεως, ἐν ᾧ τὰ μικρὰ μυστήρια ἐπιτελεῖται, μίμημα τῶν περὶ τὸν Διόνυσον, ἐν ᾧ λέγουσι καὶ τὸν Ἡρακλέα μεμυῆσθαι. ἄκρα· ἔστι καὶ Ἄκρα Ἰαπυγίας πόλις κατά τινας Ὑδροῦς λεγομένη. βʹ ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα ἐν αὑτῇ ἔχουσα λιμένα Βρεντέσιον. ἔστι δὲ Ἰταλίας. γʹ Σικελίας. ἔστι Συρακοσίων κτίσμα. δʹ Εὐβοίας. ϛʹ Σκυθίας. ζʹ Κύπρου. ηʹ Ἀκαρνανίας. ἔστι καὶ πέραν Τίγρητος Ἄκρα. Ἀρριανὸς ἑκκαιδεκάτῃ. Φλέγρα πόλις Θρᾴκης, ἣν Εὔδοξος μετὰ ταῦτα Παλλήνην φησὶ κληθῆναι. Σέρρα ἀκρωτήριο…