Ἐλέα - Stephanos Ethnika

Ἐλέα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Entry #41
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 264.18 | Billerbeck: Ε41
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-07
Word count: 18
Entities: Ἐλέα (Elea (Velia)) [place], Ἰταλία (Italy) [place], Ὑέλη (Hyéle (Hyele)) [place], Βελέα (Velia (Belea)) [place]
Etymologies: Place Transfer: And Elea was named from the river flowing beside it, which is now called Belea.; Unclear Metalinguistic: It was called Hyēlē (Hyela).
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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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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 (…