Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Arkadia:..... Arkas 'Arkados', from which Arkadios and Arkadia, as 'Temmix' 'Temmikos' Temmikia. It was called Pelasgia, as Nikolaos in the fifth. Apollodoros in the sixteenth book of his On the Gods says concerning Demeter that men, being about to sacrifice the Arkadia to Demeter—for they instituted this sacrifice after the first sowing, because the fruit came to them from the earth for food and seed. And so the Arkadia for the sake of honour. It was also called Parrhasia and Lykaonia. Some also call it Gigantis and Azania and Pania. Hippys of Rhegion is said to have been the first to call the Arkadians 'pre-lunar'. And the constellation in the sky is said to have been called then Arktos, which had been called Hamaxa. Istros says that Arkas was born of Themisto and Zeus, and because of his mother's transformation into a beast he obtained this name. The patronymic Arkasidai. It ought then to have been Arkadides, but because of cacophony it became so. The feminine Arkasis. There is also Arkadia a coastal city. Also said Arkadikos and Arkadike and Arkadikon and Arkadika. And Arkadissa, irregularly. From the place Arkadiethen. They also called them Arkadiondai, the 'd' being added. There is also Arkadia a city of Egypt.
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.
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…ὲ καὶ Παρρασία καὶ Λυκαονία. οἱ δὲ καὶ Γιγαντίδα φασὶ καὶ Ἀζανίαν καὶ Πανίαν. Ἵππυς δὲ ὁ Ῥηγῖνος λέγεται πρῶτος καλέσαι προσελήνους τοὺς Ἀρκάδας. καὶ τὸ ἄστρον λέγεται ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ τότε ἄρκτος κληθῆναι, ἣ ἅμαξα ἐλέγετο. Ἴστρος δέ φησιν ὅτι Θεμιστοῦς καὶ Διὸς ὁ Ἀρκὰς ἐγένετο, διὰ δὲ τὴν τῆς μητρὸς ἀποθηρίωσιν (ἄρκτῳ γὰρ ὑφ´ Ἥρας αὐτὴν ὁμοιασθῆναι) ταύτης τυχεῖν τῆς προσηγορίας. τὸ πατρωνυμικὸν Ἀρκασίδαι. ὤφειλεν οὖν Ἀρκαδίδης, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸ κακόφωνον οὕτως ἐγένετο. τὸ θηλυκὸν Ἀρκασίς. ἔστι καὶ Ἀρκαδία παραθαλάσσιος πόλις. λέγεται καὶ Ἀρκαδικός καὶ Ἀρκαδική καὶ Ἀρκαδικόν καὶ Ἀρκαδικά. καὶ τὸ Ἀρκ…
…οῦ παρακειμένου συντεθέν. τὸ δὲ φιλαπελλᾶς καὶ φιλοβορρᾶς τὸν τῶν ἁπλῶν ἐφύλαξε τόνον. Τὰ εἰς 'ας' συνεσταλμένα ἀρσενικὰ καὶ θηλυκὰ ὀξύνεται καὶ διὰ τοῦ 'δος' κλίνεται, ὁ φυγάς καὶ ἡ φυγάς, ὁ Ἀρκάς—ὁ πολίτης καὶ ὁ ἥρως. Ἴστρος δέ φησιν ὅτι Θεμιστοῦς καὶ Διὸς ὁ Ἀρκὰς ἐγένετο, διὰ δὲ τὴν τῆς μητρὸς ἀποθηρίωσιν (ἄρκτῳ γὰρ ὑφ´ Ἥρας αὐτὴν ὁμοιασθῆναι) ταύτης τυχεῖν τῆς προσηγορίας—καὶ ἡ Ἀρκάς. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Κρήτης Ἀρκάδες ὡς Ξενίων ἐν Κρητικοῖς. Δημήτριος δὲ οὐκ
…ῆναι, ἣ ἅμαξα ἐλέγετο. Ἴστρος δέ φησιν ὅτι Θεμιστοῦς καὶ Διὸς ὁ Ἀρκὰς ἐγένετο, διὰ δὲ τὴν τῆς μητρὸς ἀποθηρίωσιν (ἄρκτῳ γὰρ ὑφ´ Ἥρας αὐτὴν ὁμοιασθῆναι) ταύτης τυχεῖν τῆς προσηγορίας. τὸ πατρωνυμικὸν Ἀρκασίδαι. ὤφειλεν οὖν Ἀρκαδίδης, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸ κακόφωνον οὕτως ἐγένετο. τὸ θηλυκὸν Ἀρκασίς. ἔστι καὶ Ἀρκαδία παραθαλάσσιος πόλις. λέγεται καὶ Ἀρκαδικός καὶ Ἀρκαδική καὶ Ἀρκαδικόν καὶ Ἀρκαδικά. καὶ τὸ Ἀρκάδισσα παραλόγως. ἐκ τόπου Ἀρκαδίηθεν. ἐκάλουν αὐτοὺς καὶ Ἀρκαδιώνδας τοῦ « δ » πλεονάσ…
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