Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Halieis: a coastal city of the Argolid. The ethnonym likewise, as from 'Halieus'. Ephoros in the sixth, that these are Tirynthians, and being driven out they deliberated about dwelling in some place and asked the god. He gave the oracle thus: "where shall I take you and where shall I set you down, and where, having a dwelling, shall you be called fisherman ". They were so called because many of the Hermioneans, fishing, dwelt in this part of the land. The feminine Halias. And Halikos the possessive.
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.
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…αθαλασσία. τὸ ἐθνικὸν ὁμοίως, ὡς ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἁλιεύς. Ἔφορος ἐν τῷ ἕκτῳ ὅτι Τιρύνθιοί εἰσιν οὗτοι καὶ ἐξαναστάντες ἐβουλεύοντο οἰκεῖν τινα τόπον καὶ ἠρώτων τὸν θεόν. ἔχρησε δὲ οὕτως “ποῖ τυ λαβὼν καὶ ποῖ τυ καθίξω καὶ ποῖ τυ οἴκησιν ἔχων ἁλιέα τε κεκλῆσθαι”. ἐλέγοντο δ´ οὕτως διὰ τὸ πολλοὺς τῶν Ἑρμιονέων ἁλιευομένους κατὰ τοῦτο τὸ μέρος οἰκεῖν τῆς χώρας. τὸ θηλυκὸν Ἁλιάς. καὶ Ἁλικός τὸ κτητικόν.
…Ἁλιεῖς πόλις Ἀργολικῆς παραθαλασσία καὶ τὸ ἐθνικὸν ὁμοίως. Ἔφορος ἐν τῷ ἕκτῳ »Τιρύνθιοί εἰσιν οὗτοι καὶ ἐξαναστάντες ἐβουλεύοντο οἰκεῖν τινα τόπον καὶ ἠρώτων τὸν θεόν. ἔχρησε δ´ οὕτως «ποῖ τυ λαβὼν καὶ ποῖ τυ καθίξω καὶ οἴκησιν ἔχων ἁλιέα τε κεκλῆσθαι». ἐλέγοντο δ´ οὕτως διὰ τὸ πολλοὺς τῶν Ἑρμιονέων ἁλιευομένους κατὰ τοῦτο τὸ μέρος οἰκεῖν τῆς χώρας. Ἀντικονδυλεῖς οἱ ἐν Βοιωτίᾳ Κολοίφρυγες, ὡς Ἀριστοφάνης ὁ τοὺς Θηβαίων ὥρους γεγραφώς. Αὐσεῖς ἔθνος Λιβύης. Ἀπολλόδωρος δευτέρᾳ περὶ γῆς καὶ Ἡρόδοτος ἐν τετάρτῃ (c. 180). Γαργαρεῖς ἔθνος, ὃ μίγνυται ταῖς Ἀμαζόσιν, ὡς Σ…