Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Asbysta: a city of Libya. And the citizen Asbystes. "such as on the waters of Asbystan Triton", Kallimachos in the first of the Aitia. There are two Tritons, the one of Libya, the other Boiotian.
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.
Ἀσβύστα, πόλις Λιβύης. καὶ ὁ πολίτης Ἀσβύστης. “οἵη τε Τρίτωνος ἐφ´ ὕδασιν Ἀσβύσταο” Καλλίμαχος Αἰτίων πρώτῃ. δύο δέ εἰσι Τρίτωνες, ὁ μὲν Λιβύης ὁ δὲ Βοιωτός.
…τοῦ 'η' φησὶ καὶ καθ´ ὕφεσιν τοῦ ἑνὸς 'ρ'. ὁμοίως δὲ τῷ Ὀρέστης βαρύνεται καὶ Πιάστης ἔθνος πρὸς τῷ Πόντῳ καὶ Προνάστης ἔθνος Βοιωτίας »Βοιωτῶν δέ τινες τὸ πάλαι ἔθνος Προνάσται καλέονται«. καὶ Ἀσβύστης ἔθνος Λιβύης »οἵ τε Τρίτωνος ἐφ´ ὕδασιν Ἀσβύσταο« Καλλίμαχος