Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Antheia: a city of the Peloponnese, near Argos, as Philon. The ethnonym Antheus. There is also Antheia a city of the Pontos by Thrace, a colony of Milesians and Phokaians, which many mention, including Phileas. There is also a village of Libya. There is also of Italy near Rome, which was also renamed Antion, as will be said.
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.
Ἄνθεια, πόλις Πελοποννήσου, πλησίον Ἄργους, ὡς Φίλων. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἀνθεύς. ἔστιν Ἄνθεια καὶ τοῦ Πόντου πόλις πρὸς τῇ Θρᾴκῃ, Μιλησίων καὶ Φωκαέων ἄποικος, ἧς μέμνηνται πολλοὶ καὶ Φιλέας. ἔστι καὶ κώμη Λιβύης. ἔστι καὶ Ἰταλίας Ῥώμης πλησίον, ἥ τις καὶ Ἄντιον μετωνομάσθη, ὡς εἰρήσεται.
…πέδον» (v. 1073). ὠνόμασται ἀπὸ τοῦ συμβαίνοντος. ὑποκείμενον γὰρ αὐτῆς τὸ καλούμενον Κατοπτήριον χωρίον, ἐξ οὗ δι´ ἡμέρας καὶ νύκτας καταιγίζεται πανταχόθεν. Ἄνθεια πόλις Πελοποννήσου, πλησίον Ἄργους, ὡς Φίλων. ἔστι δὲ Ἄνθεια καὶ τοῦ Πόντου πόλις πρὸς τῇ Θρᾴκῃ, Μιλησίων καὶ Φωκαέων ἄποικος, ἧς μέμνηνται πολλοὶ καὶ Φιλέας. ἔστι καὶ κώμη Λιβύης. Παυσανίας δὲ Ἄνθειαν Θουρίαν πόλιν Μεσσηνίας φησίν. Ἄντεια πόλις Ἰταλίας ὑπήκοος Ῥωμαίων. ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ Κίρκης παιδός. «Ὀδυσσέως γὰρ καὶ Κίρκης υἱοὺς γενέσθαι τρεῖς, Ῥῶμον, Ἀντείαν, Ἀρδείαν». μετωνομάσθη δὲ καὶ Ἄντιον.…