Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Amyros: a city of Thessaly, from one of the Argonauts... The city is feminine. Obscure is the Hesiodic "in the Dotian plain over against many-clustered Amyros". The ethnonym Amyreus, as 'Kameiros' 'Kameireus'. And the possessive Amyreios. And Amyreis the feminine. Eupolis calls them Amyroi, neighbours of Molossia. From this they are also called Amyraioi. Souidas in the Genealogies that these were called Eordoi, later Leleges. The same also Kentauroi and Hippokentauroi. And he calls the city Amyrike.
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.
Ἄμυρος, πόλις Θεσσαλίας, ἀπὸ ἑνὸς τῶν Ἀργοναυτῶν [πολυβότρυος αὐταμύροιο.] ... ἡ πόλις θηλυκόν. ἄδηλον δὲ τὸ Ἡσιόδειον “Δωτίῳ ἐν πεδίῳ πολυβότρυος ἀντ´ Ἀμύροιο”. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἀμυρεύς, ὡς Κάμειρος Καμειρεύς. καὶ τὸ κτητικὸν Ἀμυρήιος. καὶ Ἀμυρηίς τὸ θηλυκόν. Εὔπολις δὲ Ἀμύρους αὐτοὺς λέγει, πλησιοχώρους τῆς Μολοττίας. ἐκ τούτου καὶ Ἀμυραῖοι λέγονται. Σουίδας δ´ ἐν ταῖς γενεαλογίαι…
…μάρτυρος, ἄργυρος. ἔστι καὶ πόλις. Φίλιστος ἐν ἐνάτῃ. πόρφυρος, ζέφυρος, Σάτυρος, λάθυρος εἶδος ὀσπρίου. Ἴδυρος πόλις, ἣ καὶ Ἰδυρίς, καὶ ποταμὸς Παμφυλίας. Ἑκαταῖος. Μάνθυρος. Ἄμυρος πόλις Θεσσαλίας ἀπὸ ἑνὸς Ἀργοναυτῶν. ἡ πόλις θηλυκόν. ἄδηλον δὲ τὸ Ἡσιόδειον «Δωτίῳ ἐν πεδίῳ πολυβότρυος ἀντ´ Ἀμύροιο». Σουίδας δ´ ἐν ταῖς γενεαλογίαις τὴν πόλιν Ἀμυρικὴν καλεῖ. Γλάφυρος υἱὸς Μάγνητος ὁ τὰς Γλαφυρὰς κτίσας, Ἔλυρος πόλις Κρήτης ὡς Ξενίων ἐν Κρητικοῖς. Ἔφυρος ὁ Ἄμβρακος τοῦ Θεσπρωτοῦ τοῦ Λυκάονος τοῦ Πελασγοῦ τοῦ γηγενοῦ…