Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Amikou: a certain island in the Erythraean Sea. The ethnonym by periphrasis, 'from the island of Amikos', and Amikounesites.
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.
Ἀμίκου, μία νῆσος ἐν τῇ Ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν ἐξ Ἀμίκου νήσου κατὰ περίφρασιν, καὶ Ἀμικουνησίτης.
…οὕτω δὲ ἐκαλεῖτο καὶ Νίσυρος μία τῶν Κυκλάδων ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν αὐτῇ πορφυρέων. ἀργυρίς, Ἰλλυρίς, Φιλυρίς, Ἀστυρίς ἡ Ἀθηνᾶ, Ἰδυρίς πόλις Παμφυλίας, ἣ καὶ Ἴδυρος. Κορκυρίς πόλις Αἰγύπτου. τὸ δὲ Θάμυρις προπαροξύνεται καὶ Ὤγυρις νῆσος ἐν τῇ Ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ. μέμνηται δὲ αὐτῆς Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν Ἀσίᾳ λέγων ἀγχιβαθὴς δ´ ἄρα νῆσος ἁλὸς κατὰ βένθος Ἐρυθρῆς Ὤγυρις, ἔνθα τε τύμβος ἁλὸς μεδέοντος Ἐρύθρα κέκληται. καὶ Κάσυρις νῆσος Λυκίας. Ἀρτεμίδωρος. καὶ Τίβυρις πόλις Ἰταλίας. λέγετα…