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Strophadeus

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Romanized Name(s):
Strophadeus

Name as attested:

Στροφαδεύς

Language:
Greek (ancient)

Name type:
ethnic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Certain

Temporal attestations:

Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300) (confident)
Late Antique (AD 300-AD 640) (confident)

References:

Evidence:

StByz s.v. Στροφάδες

Citation:

StByz s.v. Στροφάδες

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

The only attestation of this ethnikon I can find (via TLG) is in Stephanus. It may simply be learned extrapolation on his part (or that of a source), rather than anything actually used in antiquity.

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