Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Matauros: a city of Sicily, a foundation of the Lokrians. The ethnonym Mataurinos. Stesichoros son of Euphemos, Mataurine by birth, the poet of lyric songs.
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.
Μάταυρος, πόλις Σικελίας, Λοκρῶν κτίσμα. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ματαυρῖνος. Στησίχορος Εὐφήμου παῖς Ματαυρῖνος γένος, ὁ τῶν μελῶν ποιητής.
…ι' ὡς πολυλίμενον κατὰ Ἀρτεμίδωρον. ἐκαλεῖτο καὶ Μειλισσία καὶ Αἱμηρά διὰ τὸ συνεχῶς αἱμάσσεσθαι τὸν βωμὸν τοῦ Ἀσκληπιοῦ ὑπὸ τῶν θυσιῶν. εἶτα Ἐπίταυρος καὶ Ἐπίδαυρος. Κένταυρος, Ἄναυρος, Ἄγλαυρος, Κάλαυρος ὁ Ποσειδῶνος, Μάταυρος πόλις Σικελίας Λοκρῶν κτίσμα. Βάναυρος υἱὸς Αἴαντος, ἀφ´ οὗ Βαναυρίδες Τυρρηνικαὶ νῆσοι. τὸ δὲ θησαυρός ὡς περιεκτικὸν ὀξύνεται ὥσπερ καὶ τὰ τριγενῆ, ἀμαυρός, ἀφαυρός καὶ τὸ ἀγαυρός,