Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Alpeia: a shore to the north of the Tyrrhenian and Ionian sea. The inhabitants Alpeioi. And Alpeis and Alpeia mountains and Albia. For the spelling is twofold, with 'p' and with 'b'. And Albia the land with 'b'.
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.
Ἄλπεια, ἠιὼν πρὸς ἄρκτον τῆς Τυρρηνίδος καὶ Ἰονίας θαλάσσης. οἱ κατοικοῦντες Ἄλπειοι. καὶ Ἄλπεις καὶ Ἄλπεια ὄρη καὶ Ἄλβια. διχῆ γὰρ ἡ γραφή, καὶ διὰ τοῦ « π » καὶ διὰ τοῦ « β ». καὶ Ἀλβία ἡ χώρα διὰ τοῦ « β ».
… καὶ Ὄλυνθος πόλις Θρᾴκης ἀπὸ Ὀλύνθου τοῦ Ἡρακλέους. Ἀράκυνθος ὄρος Βοιωτίας, ἀφ´ οὗ ἡ Ἀθηνᾶ Ἀρακυνθιὰς ὡς Ῥιανὸς ἐν τῇ Φήμῃ «κλῦθί μοι εὐχάων Ἀρακυνθιὰς εὐπατέρεια». Ἄψυνθος πόλις Θρᾴκης. ἔστι καὶ εἶδος φυτοῦ. διχῶς δ´ ἡ γραφὴ καὶ διὰ τοῦ 'υ' καὶ διὰ τοῦ 'ι'. Ζήρυνθος πόλις καὶ ἄντρον Ἑκάτης ἐν Θρᾴκῃ. Λυκόφρων (v. 77) «Ζήρυνθον ἄντρον τῆς κυνοσφαγοῦς θεᾶς». Ζάκυνθος ὁ Δαρδάνου καὶ ἀπ´ αὐτοῦ πόλις. ἀρσενικῶς Ὅμηρος καὶ θηλυκῶς «καὶ ὑλήεσσα Ζάκυνθος» (Od. …