ἁλιστέφανος
From LSJ
πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced
English (LSJ)
ον,
A sea-crowned, sea-girt, πτολίεθρον h.Ap.410; νῆσος Alex. Lychn. ap. St.Byz.s.v. Ταπροβάνη, Nonn.D.40.521.
German (Pape)
[Seite 98] meerumkränzt, H. h. 1. 410 πτολίεθρον; Nonn. νῆσος 40, 521.