Ἑλλάς

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Ἑλλάς OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
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Entry #62
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 268.3 | Billerbeck: Ε62
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-08
Word count: 54
Entities: 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: 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.
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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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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…