Ἑλλάς - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ἑλλάς, πόλις Θεσσαλίας. “πολλαὶ Ἀχαΐδες εἰσὶν ἀν´ Ἑλλάδα τε Φθίην τε”. ἐκτίσθη ὑπὸ Ἕλληνος, οὐ τοῦ Δευκαλίωνος, ἀλλὰ τοῦ Φθίου καὶ Χρυσίππης τῆς Ἴρου. ὁ δὲ Φθῖος ἦν Ἀχαιοῦ. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη πόλις Ἑλλάς κοίλης Συρίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἕλλην ὁμοίως τῷ πρωτοτύπῳ, καὶ Ἑλληνίς τὸ θηλυκόν, καὶ Ἑλληνικός, καὶ Ἑλλαδικός ἀπὸ τῆς Ἑλλάδος.

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Text Details

Entry	#62
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 268.3 · Billerbeck Ε62
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-08
Word count	54

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἑλλάς	Hellas (Greece) · place
Θεσσαλία	Thessaly · place
Ἀχαιοί / Ἀχαΐδες	Achaeans · people
Ἑλλάς	Hellas (Greece) · place
Φθίη	Phthiê (region of Thessaly) · place
Ἕλλην (person)	Hellên (personal name) · person
Δευκαλίων	Deucalion · person
Φθῖος	Phthios (personal name) · person
Χρυσίππη	Chrysippe · person
Ἶρος / Ἴρος	Irus / Iros (proper name) · place
Φθῖος	Phthios · person
Ἀχαιός	Achaeus · person
Ἑλλάς	Hellas (Greece) · place
Συρία	Syria · place
Ἕλλην	Hellene · people
Ἑλληνίς	Hellene (female) · people
Ἑλληνικός	Hellenic (as demonym) · other
Ἑλλαδικός	Helladic / Helladic (as demonym) · other
Ἑλλάς	Hellas (Greece) · place

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	It was founded by Hellen (not the son of Deucalion), but the son of Phthius and Chrysippe of Iros.
Morphological Composition	The ethnonym 'Hellen' is likewise from the original (place), and 'Hellēnis' is the feminine, and 'Hellēnikos' and 'Helladikós' (derive) from Hellas.

Links

Place links	Ancient Greece \| 📍 Map
Page scans	vol2_173.jpg
Review	Open review page

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.58

char LCS 85 (33.5%) · word LCS 17 (32.1%)

Stephanos

Ἑλλάς, πόλις Θεσσαλίας. “πολλαὶ Ἀχαΐδες εἰσὶν ἀν´ Ἑλλάδα τε Φθίην τε”. ἐκτίσθη ὑπὸ Ἕλληνος, οὐ τοῦ Δευκαλίωνος, ἀλλὰ τοῦ Φθίου καὶ Χρυσίππης τῆς Ἴρου. ὁ δὲ Φθῖος ἦν Ἀχαιοῦ. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη πόλις Ἑλλάς κοίλης Συρίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἕλλην ὁμοίως τῷ πρωτοτύπῳ, καὶ Ἑλληνίς τὸ θηλυκόν, καὶ Ἑλληνικός, καὶ Ἑλλαδικός ἀπὸ τῆς Ἑλλάδος.

Herodian

Ἀρκάδας τὴν πόλιν, ἀλλ´ Ἀρκαδίαν φησί. Ὀλκάς ἔθνος Ἰβήρων τῶν ἐντὸς Ἴβηρος τοῦ ποταμοῦ. Πολύβιος ἐν τρίτῳ. Νουβάς ἔθνος Λιβύης παρὰ Νείλῳ, οἳ καὶ Νοῦβαι καὶ Νουβαῖοι λέγονται, Ἑλλάς πόλις Θεσσαλίας «πολλοὶ Ἀχαΐδες εἰσὶν ἂν Ἑλλάδα τε Φθίην τε» (Il. 9, 395). ἐκτίσθη ὑπὸ Ἕλληνος οὐ τοῦ Δευκαλίωνος, ἀλλὰ τοῦ Φθίου καὶ Χρυσίππου τοῦ Ἴρου. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη πόλις Ἑλλάς κοίλης Συρίας. Παλλάς. ἐθάς. ἰκμάς παρὰ τὸ ἱκνεῖσθαι ἄνωθεν πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ Διὸς ὕοντος. μονάς. Ἐχινάς νῆσοι περὶ τὴν Αἰτωλίαν, αἳ καὶ Ἐχῖναι. λαμπάς. Δειράς δῆμος τῆς Λεοντίδος φ…