Ἑλίκη

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Ἑλίκη, πόλις Πελοποννήσου. Ὅμηρος “οἱ δέ τοι εἰς Ἑλίκην τε καὶ Αἰγάς”. ἀπὸ Ἑλίκα τοῦ Λυκάονος, ἢ Ἑλίκης τῆς Ἴωνος μὲν γυναικός Σελινοῦντος δὲ τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος θυγατρός. ὁ πολίτης Ἑλικώνιος ἀπὸ τοῦ κτιστοῦ Ἑλικῶνος, καὶ Ἑλικωνία τὸ θηλυκόν. ἴσως δὲ τοῦτο ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄρους γέγονεν. ἔστω οὖν Ἑλικεύς, ἢ Ἑλικωνίτης· ἴσως ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἑλικώνιος· ἢ Ἑλικήσιοι. [ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Θετταλική.]

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Text Details

Entry	#56
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 266.19
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-09
Word count	57

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ὅμηρος (Homer)	Θ 203

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἑλίκη	Helike · place · corrected · Q107240941
Πελοπόννησος	Peloponnese · place
Αἰγάς	Aegae (Aigae) · place
Ἑλίκη	Helika (eponym) · person · corrected · Q107240941
Λυκάων	Lycaon · person · corrected · Q5016671
Ἴων	Ion · person · corrected · Q853462
Σελινοῦντος	Selinountos · person · corrected · Q3565937
Ποσειδῶν	Poseidon · deity · corrected · Q41127
Ἑλικώνιος	Heliconian (demonym) · people
Ἑλίκων	Helikon/Heliconos (founder) · person
Ἑλικωνία	Heliconia (feminine demonym) · people
Ἑλικεύς	Heliceus · people
Ἑλικωνίτης	Helikonite · people
Ἑλικήσιοι	Helikesioi · people
Helike in Peloponnese	place · city · Peloponnese · explicit · unresolved
Helike in Thessaly	place · city · Thessaly · implicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	from Helika, (the son/founder) of Lykaon
Eponym Person	or from Helike, the wife of Ion and daughter (descendant) of Selinos (linked to Poseidon)
Eponym Person	the citizen 'Helikonios' from the founder Helikon
Morphological Composition	and 'Helikonia' the feminine form (of the demonym)
Place Transfer	perhaps this arose from the mountain (i.e. named after Mount Helikon)
Morphological Composition	thus: 'Helikeus' or 'Helikonites'; perhaps from 'Helikonios'; or 'Helikesioi' (various possible demonyms formed from the name)

Links

Place links	Helike \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol2_171.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὁ 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
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 · 1 scan row · 3 occurrences