Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Amyntai: a Thesprotian people, "the Amyntai breathing might". And Aristotle in the Constitution of the Epeirotes.
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.
Ἀμύνται, ἔθνος Θεσπρωτικόν “μένος πνείοντες Ἀμύνται”. καὶ Ἀριστοτέλης ἐν τῇ τῶν Ἠπειρωτῶν πολιτείᾳ.
… ἀπὸ συμβεβηκότος. καὶ τὸ Γλισᾶς δὲ ἡ συνήθεια περισπᾷ. * Τὰ εἰς 'τας' λήγοντα βαρύνεται, Σώτας, Μέτας Τυρρηνός, Τύντας, Κώστας, Ἀρχύτας, Εὐρώτας, Τελεύτας, Ὀφέλτας, Ἀκέλτας, Ἀμύντας· ἔστι καὶ ἔθνος Θεσπρωτικὸν Ἀμύνται «μένος πνείοντες Ἀμύνται». καὶ Ἀριστοτέλης ἐν τῇ τῶν Ἠπειρωτῶν πολιτείᾳ. τὸ δὲ Γονατᾶς παράλογον διὰ τὸν τόνον καὶ τὸ Φιλητᾶς, Κομητᾶς. * Τὰ εἰς 'φας' λήγοντα βαρύνεται, Δέλφας, Ἄλφας, Ἄφας, Κύφας χωρίον τῆς Λακωνικῆς, Κορύφας, Ὑπέρφας, Περίφας, Ἀκύφας πόλις μία τῆς Λακωνικῆς τετραπόλεως, ὡ…