Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Alea: a city of Arkadia, Theopompos in the fifty-sixth. There is also of Thessaly. And another of the Karpetanoi, a Celtic people. The citizen Aleos, homophonous with the founder, as 'Dardanos' 'Danaos'. There is also another ethnic Aleates, as 'Tegeates' from 'Tegea'. Herodian says: "'alea' for warmth and when it denotes flight is barytone, but for Athena oxytone". But this too ought to be barytone. From Aleos is also said Aleaios.
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.
…δίας, Θεόπομπος πεντηκοστῇ ἕκτῃ. ἔστι καὶ Θετταλίας. καὶ ἄλλη Καρπητανῶν ἔθνους Κελτικοῦ. ὁ πολίτης Ἀλεός ὁμοφώνως τῷ οἰκιστῇ ὡς Δάρδανος Δαναός. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλο ἐθνικὸν Ἀλεάτης ὡς τῆς Τεγέας Τεγεάτης. Ἡρωδιανὸς δέ φησιν “ἀλέα ἐπὶ τῆς θερμασίας καὶ ὁπότε δηλοῖ τὴν φυγὴν βαρύνεται, ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς ὀξύνεται”. ἐχρῆν δὲ καὶ τοῦτο βαρύνειν. ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἀλεοῦ λέγεται καὶ Ἀλεαῖος.
…. Ὠκαλέα πόλις Βοιωτίας «Ὠκαλέην Μεδεῶνά τ´ ἐϋκτίμενον πτολίεθρον» Ὅμηρος (Β 501). ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ καὶ Ὠκάλεια, ὡς Ἀπολλόδωρος. ἐκλήθη δὲ οὕτω διὰ τὸ ὦκα καὶ συντόμως ἐκεῖθεν εἰς Θήβας πορεύεσθαι ἢ ἀπὸ ποταμοῦ παραρρέοντος. ἀλέα ἐπὶ τῆς θερμασίας καὶ ὁπότε δηλοῖ τὴν φυγὴν βαρύνεται, ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς ὀξύνεται. ἐχρῆν δὲ καὶ τοῦτο βαρύνειν. καὶ τὸ Ἀλέα πόλις Ἀρκαδίας Θεόπομπος πεντηκοστῇ ἕκτῃ—ἔστι καὶ Θετταλίας καὶ ἄλλη Καρπητανῶν ἔθνους Κελτικοῦ—βαρύνεται. Ἀρδέα κατοικία τῆς Ἰταλίας. Στράβων πέμπτῃ. ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ ἑνὸς τῶν παίδων Ὀδυσσέως καὶ Κίρκης. Ἀσέα…