Ἕλος

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Ἕλος, πόλις Λακωνική. “καὶ Πτελεὸν καὶ Ἕλος καὶ Δώριον”. παρὰ τὸ ἐν ἕλει εἶναι. οἱ πολῖται Εἵλωτες. τῇ ἐκτάσει καὶ τῷ γένει καὶ τῇ προσθέσει τοῦ « ι » διαφέρει. λέγονται καὶ Εἱλῶται καὶ Ἕλειοι καὶ Ἑλεῖται, καὶ ἡ χώρα Εἱλωτία, καὶ θηλυκόν Εἱλωτίς, καὶ κτητικὸν Εἱλωτικός. ἔστι καὶ Ἕλος Αἰγύπτου.

Helos: a Laconian city. "and Pteleon and Helos and Dorion". From being in a marsh. The citizens Heilotes. It differs by the lengthening and the gender and the addition of the 'i'. They are also called Heilotai and Heleioi and Heleitai, and the land Heilotia, and feminine Heilotis, and possessive Heilotikos. There is also Helos of Egypt.

External translation supplied by Brady Kiesling; reported Claude Fable 5.5 translation. Credit: Brady Kiesling and the Stephanos project (Greg Baker, Gabriel Jower, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling). Not individually verified; exact Greek input not supplied.

Text Details

Entry#69
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 269.5
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-08
Word count50

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ἝλοςHelos · place · corrected · Q56670610
ΠτελεόνPteleon · place
ΔώριονDorion · place · corrected · Q15733318
ΕἵλωτεςHeilotes (inhabitants of Helos) · people
ΕἱλῶταιHeilôtai (inhabitants of Helos) · people
ἝλειοιHeleioi (inhabitants of Helos) · people
ἙλεᾶταιHeleaetai (inhabitants of Helos) · people
ΕἱλωτίαHeilotia / Helotia (the district of Helos) · place
ΕἱλωτίςHeilotis (female inhabitant of Helos) · people
ΑἴγυπτοςEgypt · place · corrected · Q11768
Ἕλος in Laconiaplace · city · Laconia · explicit · wikidata: Q2291550 · candidate
Ἕλος in Egyptplace · city · Egypt · explicit · unresolved
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Morphological CompositionFrom being in a marsh (i.e., named because it lies in a marsh).
Morphological CompositionThe citizens are called Heílōtes. They are also called Heilōtai, Héléioi, Helea(tai); the country is Heilōtia; the feminine form Heilōtis; the possessive/adjectival form Heilōtikós (showing morphological variants/derivations).
Unclear MetalinguisticIt differs in extent, in dialect (genos), and by the addition of the iota (i): (i.e., the form varies for reasons of territory, dialect, and orthographic/phonetic iota).
Unclear MetalinguisticThere is also a Helos in Egypt (i.e., another place with the same name).

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + παρά + τό + Y (ETYMON)
formula:e1b19e84652cc7be
Translate as "X is deriving/derives from the form 'Y'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + παρά + τό + Y (INFINITIVE denoting an etymology)
formula:af28c8e3172cf77e
Translate as "X is deriving/derives from the Y"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION)
formula:1040044f9f2bf616
Translate as "a X in Y"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Formulaκαί + X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + Y (nominative PROPER NOUN)
formula:0af867b3dd6df580
Translate as "Y is also 'X'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formulaὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC)
formula:9b2896a329a36c7e
Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossἔκτασις ἡ
gloss:d629af1a353df660
lengthening (of a vowel)
Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossχώρα ἡ
gloss:54f628c16aa263ce
region; territory (when belonging to a specific people, tribe, or nation); surrounding territory (when juxtaposed against a πόλις); land (remote or poetical places)
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.244
char LCS 37 (16.2%) · word LCS 7 (14.3%)
Stephanos
Ἕλος, πόλις Λακωνική. “καὶ Πτελεὸν καὶ Ἕλος καὶ Δώριον”. παρὰ τὸ ἐν ἕλει εἶναι. οἱ πολῖται Εἵλωτες. τῇ ἐκτάσει καὶ τῷ γένει καὶ τῇ προσθέσει τοῦ « ι » διαφέρει. λέγονται καὶ Εἱλῶται καὶ Ἕλειοι καὶ Ἑλεῖται, καὶ ἡ χώρα Εἱλωτία, καὶ θηλυκόν Εἱλωτίς, καὶ κτητικὸν Εἱλωτικός. ἔστι καὶ Ἕλος Αἰγύπτου.
Herodian
…ὲ εἶδος ὀρνέου. εἰ δὲ ἰαμβικὰ ὑπάρχοι διὰ τοῦ 'τος' κλινόμενα, βαρύνεται, γέλως, ἔρως, Νέπως· ἔστι δὲ ὄνομα ὄρους. τὸ δὲ Εἵλως ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἕλως προσθέσει τοῦ 'ι'. Εἵλωτες δ´ εἰσὶν οἱ κατοικοῦντες τὴν Μεσσηνιακὴν πόλιν Ἕλος. λέγονται καὶ Εἱλῶται καὶ Ἕλειοι καὶ Ἑλεῖται. οἱ δὲ Λακεδαιμόνιοι πάντας τοὺς δούλους Εἵλωτας καλοῦσιν. λέγονται δὲ Εἵλωτες καὶ οἱ ἐπὶ Ταινάρῳ Σάτυροι. Τὰ ἀπὸ παρακειμένου συντεθέντα διὰ τοῦ 'τος' κλινόμενα ὀξύνεται ἀπτώς, ἀγνώς. ἔστι δὲ καὶ Ἀγνῶτες ἔθνος Κελτικῆς…
Herodian 1.393
char LCS 26 (11.4%) · word LCS 6 (12.2%)
Stephanos
Ἕλος, πόλις Λακωνική. “καὶ Πτελεὸν καὶ Ἕλος καὶ Δώριον”. παρὰ τὸ ἐν ἕλει εἶναι. οἱ πολῖται Εἵλωτες. τῇ ἐκτάσει καὶ τῷ γένει καὶ τῇ προσθέσει τοῦ « ι » διαφέρει. λέγονται καὶ Εἱλῶται καὶ Ἕλειοι καὶ Ἑλεῖται, καὶ ἡ χώρα Εἱλωτία, καὶ θηλυκόν Εἱλωτίς, καὶ κτητικὸν Εἱλωτικός. ἔστ…
Herodian
…ὸ οὐδέτερον γένος. δῆλον οὖν ὡς τὸ κάλλος πεπλάνηται ἢ περὶ ποσότητα τοῦ 'λ' ἢ περὶ τὸ γένος. ὅσα γὰρ οὐδέτερά ἐστιν εἰς 'ος' λήγοντα, ταῦτα παραιτεῖται ἔχειν ἕτερον 'λ', ὡς τὸ ἕλος—ἔστι καὶ πόλις Λακωνικὴ καὶ Μεσσηνίς «καὶ Πτελεὸν καὶ Ἕλος καὶ Δώριον» (Β 594) παρὰ τὸ ἐν ἕλει εἶναι· ἔστι καὶ Ἕλος Αἰγύπτου. ἔστι δὲ καὶ τόπος μεταξὺ τοῦ Πειραιέως καὶ τοῦ τετρακώμου Ἡρακλείου, ἐν ᾧ τοὺς γυμνικοὺς ἀγῶνας ἐτίθεσαν τοῖς παναθηναίοις— θάλος «φίλου θάλος» (Χ 87). —σκέλος, βέ…
Herodian 1.355
char LCS 26 (11.4%) · word LCS 6 (12.2%)
Stephanos
Ἕλος, πόλις Λακωνική. “καὶ Πτελεὸν καὶ Ἕλος καὶ Δώριον”. παρὰ τὸ ἐν ἕλει εἶναι. οἱ πολῖται Εἵλωτες. τῇ ἐκτάσει καὶ τῷ γένει καὶ τῇ προσθέσει τοῦ « ι » διαφέρει. λέγονται καὶ Εἱλῶται καὶ Ἕλειοι καὶ Ἑλεῖται, καὶ ἡ χώρα Εἱλωτία, καὶ θηλυκόν Εἱλωτίς, καὶ κτητικὸν Εἱλωτικός. ἔστ…
Herodian
…στελειόν λέγεται ποιητικῶς, καὶ στελεός, κολεόν ἢ κουλεόν. Πτελεόν πόλις Ἰωνίας καὶ Τρῳάδος καὶ τῶν περὶ Θετταλίαν Ἀχαιῶν. καλεῖται δὲ ὅτι πολλὰς ἔχει πτελέας· ἔστι δὲ καὶ Μεσσηνίας, μία τῶν τριῶν, ὧν Ὅμηρος μνημονεύει »καὶ Πτελεὸν καὶ Ἕλος καὶ Δώριον« (Β 594). Δικαίαρχος δὲ τέτταρας ταύτας εἶναί φησι καὶ Πτελέας οὐ Πτελεόν κατὰ τὸ πρῶτον τοῦ βίου τῆς Ἑλλάδος βιβλίον. εἰ δὲ μὴ ἔχουσι τὸ 'λε', προπαροξύνονται, ὄστρεον, ὃ καὶ ὄστρειον λέγεται, ὄρνεον, δένδρεον, ὤεον, ὅ…
Herodian 1.358
char LCS 26 (11.4%) · word LCS 6 (12.2%)
Stephanos
Ἕλος, πόλις Λακωνική. “καὶ Πτελεὸν καὶ Ἕλος καὶ Δώριον”. παρὰ τὸ ἐν ἕλει εἶναι. οἱ πολῖται Εἵλωτες. τῇ ἐκτάσει καὶ τῷ γένει καὶ τῇ προσθέσει τοῦ « ι » διαφέρει. λέγονται καὶ Εἱλῶται καὶ Ἕλειοι καὶ Ἑλεῖται, καὶ ἡ χώρα Εἱλωτία, καὶ θηλυκόν Εἱλωτίς, καὶ κτητικὸν Εἱλωτικός. ἔστ…
Herodian
…πόλις ἐν μεσογείᾳ Οἰνωτρῶν. Αἴγιον πόλις Ἀχαΐας, ὡς Εὔδοξος ἐν ἕκτῃ. Σούνιον δῆμος Λεοντίδος φυλῆς. Ὅμηρος δὲ ἄκρον καλεῖ «ἀλλ´ ὅτε Σούνιον ἄκρον» (Od. γ 278). Δώριον πόλις Μεσσηνίας μία τῶν τριῶν, ὧν Ὅμηρος μνημονεύει «καὶ Πτελεὸν καὶ Ἕλος καὶ Δώριον» (Β 594). Πύθιον τὸ πάλαι μεσαίτατον τῆς ἐν Κρήτῃ Γόρτυνος. καὶ Μακεδονίας Πύθιον, ἐν ᾧ καὶ τὰ Πύθια ἐπιτελεῖται. ἔστι καὶ Πύθιον πλησίον τοῦ Ἀστακηνοῦ κόλπου. Ἄκτιον πόλις Ἀκαρνάνων πρώτη ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἀμβρακικοῦ κόλπου ἀρξα…

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