Ἐλέα

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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All Letters / Ε Epsilon / Ἐλέα
Ἐλέα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
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Ἐλέα, πόλις Ἰταλίας, ὡς εἴρηται. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ Ὑέλη· ὠνομάσθη δὲ Ἐλέα ἀπὸ τοῦ παραρρέοντος ποταμοῦ, ἡ νῦν Βελέα.

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Text Details

Entry#41
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 264.18 · Billerbeck Ε41
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-07
Word count18

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ἘλέαElea (Velia) · place
ἸταλίαItaly · place
ὙέληHyéle (Hyele) · place
ΒελέαVelia (Belea) · place
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Place TransferAnd Elea was named from the river flowing beside it, which is now called Belea.
Unclear MetalinguisticIt was called Hyēlē (Hyela).

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Place linksVelia | 📍 Map | Pleiades
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Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.284
char LCS 53 (60.9%) · word LCS 10 (55.6%)
Stephanos
Ἐλέα, πόλις Ἰταλίας, ὡς εἴρηται. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ Ὑέλη· ὠνομάσθη δὲ Ἐλέα ἀπὸ τοῦ παραρρέοντος ποταμοῦ, ἡ νῦν Βελέα.
Herodian
… Κρήτῃ ὑπὸ Ταλθυβίου κτισθεῖσα. Θυρέα, περὶ ἧς Ἀργεῖοι καὶ Λακεδαιμόνιοι ἐπολέμησαν. ἔστι δὲ τῆς Κυνουρίας γῆς, μεθορία δὲ τῆς Ἀργείας καὶ Λακωνικῆς. λέγεται καὶ πληθυντικῶς καὶ κατὰ συναίρεσιν Θυρῆ. Ἐλέα πόλις Ἰταλίας. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ Ὑέλη. ὠνομάσθη δὲ Ἐλέα ἀπὸ τοῦ παραρρέοντος ποταμοῦ. Μαλέα ἄκρα πρὸς τῇ Πελοποννήσῳ καὶ Μάλεια διὰ διφθόγγου. Ὑδρέα νῆσος πρὸς τῇ Τροιζῆνι. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Ἀραιθυρέα· οὕτως ἡ Φλιοῦς πάλαι. Ὅμηρος (Β 571) «Ἀραιθυρέην τ´ ἐρατεινήν». Παυσανίας δευτέρῳ περιηγήσεως Ἑλλάδος (…

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