discussion of vowel accentuation patterns and place names ending in -μην, -ρην, -ιν, and other endings; examples: πολλύῤῥην, πολυβοώτης, Δαμήν, λιμήν, ὑμήν, ποιμήν, Σειρήν, Γέρην, Τελχίν/Τελχίς, Σαλαμίν/Σαλαμίς, Ἐλευσίν/Ἐλευσίς; notes on ethnic names and mythological/local traditions (Telchines, Aborigines)
ἀλλ´ ὃ μὲν οὖν ἀπάνευθε θαλάσσης εὐρυπόροιο οἰκία ναιετάασκε πολύῤῥην, πουλυβοώτης. τούτου καὶ πληθυντικὸν παρὰ τῷ ποιητῇ (Ι 154) ἐν δ´ ἄνδρες ναίουσι πολύῤῥηνες, πολυβοῦται. Τὰ εἰς 'μην' ὀξύνεται, εἰ μὴ σύνθετα ἀπὸ ἁπλῶν εἴη τῶν εἰς 'μην', Δαμήν· ἔστι δὲ Ἀργολικὸς συγγραφεύς. λιμήν, ὑμήν, ποιμήν· ἔστι καὶ Ποιμήν ὄρος τῆς Ποντικῆς, ἀφ´ οὗ καταῤῥεῖ ὁ Παρθένιος σχίζων τὴν Ἄμαστριν, πυθμήν, ἀϋτμήν. Τὰ εἰς 'ρην' καθαρὸν μὴ ἔχοντα πρὸ τέλους συλλαβὴν εἰς τὸ 'ε' φωνῆεν καταλήγουσαν ὀξύνεται, Σειρήν, Πειρήν καθ´ Ἡσίοδον πατὴρ Ἰοῦς, πυρήν, πλὴν τοῦ ἄῤῥην. Τὰ εἰς 'ρην' καθαρὸν τῷ 'ε' παραλήγοντα παροξύνεται, Γέρην πόλις καὶ κώμη Λέσβου ἀπὸ Γέρηνος τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν ὁμοφώνως, τέρην, Θέρην ποταμός, περπέρην. Τὰ εἰς 'ιν' δικατάληκτα ἁπλᾶ μὲν ὀξύνεται, δελφίν καὶ δελφίς, Τελχίν καὶ Τελχίς. Τελχῖνες δὲ ἐλέγοντο οἱ Κρῆτες. εἰσὶ δὲ καὶ φθονεροὶ δαίμονες οἰκήσαντες τὴν Ῥόδον· λέγονται δὲ καὶ Τελχῖνες θηλυκῶς αἱ ὑπὸ πληγῆς εἰς θάνατον καταφοραί· ἔστι δὲ καὶ Τελχίς πόλις Αἰθιοπίας πρὸς τῇ Λιβύῃ. Σαλαμίν καὶ Σαλαμίς, Ἐλευσίν καὶ Ἐλευσίς δῆμος τῆς Ἱπποθοωντίδος φυλῆς, ἀκτίν καὶ ἀκτίς. Τούτοις ὅμοιον καὶ τὸ Ἀβοριγῖνες ἔθνος Ἰταλικόν, ὡς Ἰόβας ἐν Ῥωμαϊκῆς ἱστορίας πρώτῳ· «μέχρι μὲν οὖν τοῦ Τρωϊκοῦ πολέμου τὴν ἀρχαίαν Ἀβοριγίνων ὀνομασίαν διέσωζον, Λατίνου δὲ βασιλεύσαντος οὕτως προσηγορεύθησαν». τὰ αὐτὰ καὶ Χάραξ. εἰκὸς οἴεσθαί τινας τούτου τὴν
But he, then, dwelling far from the broad-wayed sea, used to inhabit a house rich in lambs, loud-bleating. Of this there is also a plural in the poet (Ι 154): “and in it men dwell, rich in lambs, loud-bleating.”
Words in -μην are accented on the ultima, unless they are compounds formed from simple words in -μην: Δαμήν; and there is an Argolic writer (so named). λιμήν, ὑμήν, ποιμήν; and there is also Ποιμήν, a mountain of Pontus, from which the Parthenius flows down, cleaving Amastris; πυθμήν, ἀϋτμήν.
Words in -ρην, not having a pure syllable before the end that ends in the vowel ε, are accented on the ultima: Σειρήν, Πειρήν (according to Hesiod, father of Io), πυρήν—except ἄῤῥην.
Words in -ρην, with ε in the penult, are accented on the penult: Γέρην, a city and village of Lesbos, from Γέρηνος, son of Poseidon; the ethnic name likewise, with the same sound; τέρην, Θέρην, a river; περπέρην.
Words in -ιν, with two possible endings, when simple are accented on the ultima: δελφίν and δελφίς, Τελχίν and Τελχίς. The Telchines were said to be the Cretans; but they are also jealous daimones who inhabited Rhodes; and “Telchines” is also said in the feminine of the strokes that bring death; and there is also Τελχίς, a city of Ethiopia near Libya. Σαλαμίν and Σαλαμίς, Ἐλευσίν and Ἐλευσίς, a deme of the Hippothoontid tribe, ἀκτίν and ἀκτίς.
Similar to these is also the Ἀβοριγῖνες, an Italian people, as Juba says in the first book of his Roman History: “Up to the Trojan War, then, they preserved the ancient name Ἀβοριγῖνες; but when Latinus became king, they were thus called.” The same holds also for Χάραξ. It is likely that some suppose of this…