Ἐρινεία, Ἐρινιάτης ? :: a problem in Pausanias 1.44.5

The phrase ἐν Ἐρινείᾳ τῇ Μεγαρέων κώμῃ (« in the Megarian village of Erineia ») at Pausanias 1, 44, 5 may perhaps be emended to ἐν Ἐρινιάτῃ Μεγαρέων κώμῃ (« in the Megarian village of Eriniates ») based on the testimony of Stephanos of Byzantion (s. u. Ἐρινιάτης), who cites Eriniates as the eponymous founder of the village. Although this reading has always been taken to be a copyist's mistake, Stephanos may have had some source other than Pausanias that provided the detail concerning the founder. Attempts to identify any of the otherwise unnamed ancient sites in Megaris with Eriniates must remain speculative.