Ἐλλοπία

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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All Letters / Ε Epsilon / Ἐλλοπία
Ἐλλοπία OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
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Ἐλλοπία, χωρίον Εὐβοίας, καὶ αὐτὴ ἡ νῆσος, ἀπὸ Ἔλλοπος τοῦ Ἴωνος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἐλλοπιεύς. ἐλέγετο καὶ ἡ περὶ Δωδώνην χώρα Ἐλλοπία, ἧς οἱ οἰκήτορες Ἑλλοί καὶ Σελλοί. Ὅμηρος “ἀμφὶ δὲ Σελλοί”. ἔστι καὶ πόλις περὶ Δολοπίαν, καὶ χώρα περὶ Θεσπιάς.

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Text Details

Entry#66
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 268.17 · Billerbeck Ε66
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-08
Word count41

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ὅμηρος (Homer)(Π 234)
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ἘλλοπίαEllopia · place
ἜλλοποςEllopos · person
ἼωνIon · person
ΕὐβοίαEuboea · place
ἘλλοπιεύςEllopieus (ethnic name) · people
ἝλλοιElloi · people
ΣέλλοιSelloi · people
ΔωδώνηDodona · place
ΔολόπιαDolopia · place
ΘεσπίαιThespiae · place
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym Personand the island itself (Euboea) is (named) from Ellopos, son of Ion.
Unclear Metalinguisticthe ethnic/demonym is 'Ellopieus'.
Eponym PersonAlso the region around Dodona was called Ellopia, whose inhabitants were the Helloi and the Selloi (Homer: 'and around were the Selloi').

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Last updated: 2026-04-12 10:11:05 UTC