Ἑλένη - Stephanos Ethnika

Ἑλένη OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

island

Ἑλένη, νῆσος τῆς Ἀττικῆς, Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἐκεῖ γὰρ ἀποβῆναί φασι τὴν Ἑλένην μετὰ τὴν ἅλωσιν Ἰλίου. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ Μάκρις διὰ τὸ μῆκος. ἔστι καὶ κρήνη Ἑλένη ἐν Χίῳ, ἐφ´ ᾗ Ἑλένη ἐλούσατο. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἑλεναῖος ὡς Κασμεναῖος, ἢ Ἑλενίτης ἢ Ἑλένειος.

Translation pending

Text Details

Entry	#44
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 265.3
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-07
Word count	41

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus)	Εὐρώπῃ · FGrHist 1 F 128

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἑλένη	Helen · person · corrected · Q164061
Ἀττική	Attica · place · corrected · Q122443
Εὐρώπη	Europe · place
Ἴλιον	Ilium (Troy) · place
Μάκρις	Makris · place
Χίος	Chios · place · corrected · Q748832
Ἑλεναῖος	Helenaeus / Helenian (ethnic) · people
Κασμεναῖος	Kasmēnaios (ethnic) · people
Ἑλενίτης	Helenite (ethnic) · people
Ἑλένειος	Heleneios (ethnic) · people
Helenē island in Attica	place · island · Attica · explicit · unresolved
Helenē spring in Chios	place · spring · Chios · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Folk Etymology Narrative	For they say that Helen disembarked there after the capture of Ilium (Troy). (Implied: the island is called 'Helen' because of her landing.)
Morphological Composition	It was called 'Makris' on account of its length.
Folk Etymology Narrative	There is also a spring 'Helen' in Chios, upon which Helen bathed. (Implied: the spring's name derives from the episode of Helen bathing there.)

Links

Place links	Makronisos \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol2_167.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 3 occurrences
Formula	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 4 occurrences
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	καλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται/ἐκλήθη (ἀπο...) gloss:ef7a95cd709173ed	is/used to be/is/was called/named after (+ ἀπο) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	κρήνη ἡ gloss:55d407396b89d66e	fountain, well Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.