Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Megale polis: a city of Arkadia, which men of Arkadia synoecised after Leuktra. It was called, for half of it, Orestia, from the presence of Orestes. The citizens are Orestioi and Megalopolitai. After which: Kerkidas, an excellent lawgiver and poet of meliambs; and Ainesias, a Peripatetic, a pupil of Theophrastos; and Akestodoros, who wrote On Cities; and Polybios, who wrote 40 books. These are Megalopolitai. The possessive is 'Megalopolitikos'. There is also another city of Karia, now Aphrodisias, formerly the city of the Leleges; and because of its size it was called Megalopolis. It was also named Ninoe after Ninos. A citizen is a 'Ninoetes'. There is also a Megale polis of Iberia, as Phylon says. There is also a Megale nesos, now of Lykia.
Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.
…νομοθέτης καὶ μελιάμβων ποιητής, καὶ Αἰνησίας περιπατητικὸς ὁ Θεοφράστου μαθητής, καὶ Ἀκεστόδωρος περὶ πόλεων συγγεγραφώς, καὶ Πολύβιος τεσσαράκοντα βιβλία συγγράψας. οὗτοι Μεγαλοπολῖται. τὸ κτητικὸν Μεγαλοπολιτικός. βʹ ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη πόλις Καρίας, ἡ νῦν Ἀφροδισιάς ἡ πρότερον Λελέγων πόλις καὶ διὰ τὸ μέγεθος ἐκλήθη Μεγαλόπολις· ὠνομάσθη δὲ καὶ Νινόη ἀπὸ Νίνου. ὁ πολίτης Νινοήτης. ἔστι καὶ Ἰβηρίας Μεγάλη πόλις ὡς Φίλων. ἔστι καὶ Μεγάλη νῆσος ἡ νῦν Λυκίας.
…δὲ ἀπὸ Τάβου ἥρωος. οἱ δέ φασι τὸν Κιβύραν καὶ Μαρσύαν ἀδελφοὺς τὸν μὲν κτίσαι Κιβύραν πόλιν, τὸν δὲ Τάβας, καὶ καλέσαι ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐπὶ πέτρας οἰκεῖσθαι· τάβαν γὰρ τὴν πέτραν Ἕλληνες ἑρμηνεύουσιν. ἔνιοι ἀπὸ Ταβηνοῦ Ἀργείου. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη πόλις Καρίας Τάβαι. καὶ τρίτη τῆς Περαίας, ἣν Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν τῷ περὶ Συρίας ἑρμηνεύει ἀγαθήν. Σάβαι πόλις μεγάλη πλησίον τῆς Ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης. Λάβαι πόλις Χαττηνίας. Πολύβιος τρισκαιδεκάτῳ. βλάβη. ὀξύνεται δὲ ταῦτα, λαβή, τριβή ῥηματ…