Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Alychme:... in which Hermes is honoured as Alychmios. The ethnic, as from 'Boibe' 'Boibios', Akte Aktios, so also Alychmios.
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.
Ἀλύχμη, ... ἐν ᾗ τιμᾶται Ἀλύχμιος Ἑρμῆς. τὸ ἐθνικόν, ὡς τοῦ Βοίβη Βοίβιος Ἀκτή Ἄκτιος, οὕτως καὶ Ἀλύχμιος.
…ς ἀκριβεστέροις ἀντιγράφοις ὀξεῖα ἐπίκειται τῇ πρώτῃ συλλαβῇ κατὰ τὸ λόχμη, λόγχη, ὄχθη, ὄχνη. τὸ δὲ Μέδμη κόρη τις, ἀφ´ ἧς πόλις Ἰταλίας καὶ κρήνη ὁμώνυμος, Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ, κύριόν ἐστι, μεθ´ οὗ καὶ Ἀλύχμη τρισύλλαβον, ἐν ᾗ τιμᾶται Ἀλύχμιος Ἑρμῆς. τὸ μέντοι χάσμη βαρύνεται δασὺ ἔχον τὸ σύμφωνον. Τὰ εἰς 'μη' ἔχοντα σύμφωνον κατὰ διάστασιν βαρύνεται, τόλμη, ἅλμη, χάρμη, σκάλμη, θέρμη. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Θρᾴκης. Ἀπολλόδωρος δὲ Μακεδονίας φησὶ καὶ Θουκυδίδης ( 1, 61). Γέρμη…