Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Amathous: a very ancient city of Cyprus, in which Adonis Osiris was honoured, whom, being Egyptian, the Cypriots and Phoenicians appropriate. It was named from Amathous the son of Herakles, or from Amathousa the mother of Kinyras.
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.
Ἀμαθοῦς, πόλις Κύπρου ἀρχαιοτάτη, ἐν ᾗ Ἄδωνις Ὄσιρις ἐτιμᾶτο, ὃν Αἰγύπτιον ὄντα Κύπριοι καὶ Φοίνικες ἰδιοποιοῦνται. ἀπὸ Ἀμαθοῦντος δὲ τοῦ Ἡρακλέους ἐκλήθη ἢ ἀπὸ τῆς Κινύρου μητρὸς Ἀμαθούσης.
…θοωντίδος φυλῆς, ὡς Διόδωρος. Διονύσιος δὲ Ἐλαιεύς. ἔστι καὶ Ἐλαιοῦς πόλις ἐν Ἑλλησπόντῳ· ἔστι καὶ Ἄργους Ἐλαιοῦς. Ἔτι καὶ Ἁλιμοῦς δῆμος τῆς Λεοντίδος φυλῆς. Καλλίμαχος δὲ πόλιν ἡγεῖται. Ἀμαθοῦς πόλις Κύπρου ἀρχαιοτάτη· ἀπὸ Ἀμαθοῦντος δὲ τοῦ Ἡρακλέους ἐκλήθη ἢ ἀπὸ τῆς Κινύρου μητρὸς Ἀμαθούσης. Ψαμαθοῦς πόλις Λακωνική, Ἀρτεμίδωρος δευτέρῳ γεωγραφουμένων »μετὰ γὰρ τὸ Ταίναρον πόλις ἐκδέχεται Ψαμαθοῦς«. Ὀποῦς πόλις Λοκρῶν τῶν