Ἦλις - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ἦλις, πόλις πρὸς τῇ [Αἰγυπτίᾳ] Ὀλυμπίᾳ, ἀπὸ Ἠλίου τοῦ Ταντάλου παιδός. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Ἀρκαδίας. καὶ τρίτη Ἱσπανίας. ὁ πολίτης ἀπὸ τῆς Ἤλιδος γενικῆς ἀναλόγως Ἠλίδειος ὡς Ἀδωνίδειος καὶ Εὐπολίδειος κτητικῷ τύπῳ, καὶ καθ´ ὕφεσιν τοῦ « δ » Ἠλίειος καὶ Ἠλεῖος. ἀφ´ οὗ “Ἀλεῖος ὁ Ζεύς”. Τρύφων δέ φησιν ὅτι Ἠλίεος καὶ Ἠλέϊος καὶ Ἠλεῖος. Ὅμηρος δ´ Ἐπειοὺς αὐτούς φησι. καὶ κτητικῶς λέγεται Ἠλιακός. λέγονται καὶ πατρωνυμικῶς Ἠλιάδαι. λέγεται καὶ Ἠλιδία, ὡς Ψωφιδία καὶ Ἀρκαδία, ἀπὸ γενικῆς, καὶ ἐπίρρημα Ἠλιδίαθεν. τὸ δὲ Ἠλεῖος καὶ θηλυκῶς φασιν.

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Text Details

Entry	#10
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 301.1
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-10
Word count	85

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Καλλίμαχος (Callimachus)	fr. 196,1 Pfeiffer
Τρύφων (Tryphon)	fr. 90 Velsen
Ὅμηρος (Homer)	B 619

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἦλις	Elis · place · corrected · Q217667
Αἴγυπτος	Egypt · place · corrected · Q11768
Ὀλυμπία	Olympia · place · corrected · Q38888
Ἠλεῖος	El(e)is (personal/ethnic name) · other
Τάνταλος	Tantalus · person
Ἀρκαδία	Arcadia · place · corrected · Q12898802
Ἱσπανία	Hispania / Spain · place
Ἤλις	Elis · place · corrected · Q217667
Ζεύς	Zeus · deity · corrected · Q34201
Ἐπειοί	Epeioi · people
Ἠλιάδαι	Heliads / Heliadai · people
Ἠλιδία	Elidia (Elis-region name) · place
Ψωφιδία	Psophidia · place
Hēlis in Elis	place · city · Elis · explicit · wikidata: Q21588422 · candidate
Elis in Arcadia	place · city · Arcadia · implicit · unresolved
Elis in Spain	place · city · Spain · implicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	From Eleius, son of Tantalus.
Place Transfer	There is also another (Elis) of Arcadia, and also of Spain.
Morphological Composition	The demonym from the region (Elis) is correspondingly Ἠλίδειος, like Ἀδωνίδειος and Εὐπολίδειος, in the possessive (gentilic) type.
Morphological Composition	And by a lowering (vowel change) [one finds] Ἠλίειος and Ἠλεῖος.
Unclear Metalinguistic	From which [comes] “Aleios the Zeus” (Callimachus fr. 196.1).
Morphological Composition	Tryphon says that [the forms] are Ἠλίεος and Ἠλέιος and Ἠλεῖος.
Unclear Metalinguistic	Homer (B 619) calls them Επειοὺς (Epeioi).
Morphological Composition	And in the possessive sense it is said Ἠλιακός.
Eponym Person	They are also called patronymically Ἠλιᾶδαι (Haliadai).
Morphological Composition	It is also called Ἠλιδία, like Ψωφιδία and Ἀρκαδία, from the general (name).
Morphological Composition	And the adverb Ἠλιδίαθεν (from Elis).
Morphological Composition	And they say Ἠλεῖος also in the feminine.

Links

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:439629f16cfaba3f	Translate as "Y is from 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 4 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON) formula:4e7b910409d678a8	Translate as "'X' is from Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "a X of the Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X... + πρός + Y (dative) formula:1a524ea80fe79519	Translate as "X... near Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.134

char LCS 114 (26.8%) · word LCS 23 (27.1%)

Stephanos

Ἦλις, πόλις πρὸς τῇ [Αἰγυπτίᾳ] Ὀλυμπίᾳ, ἀπὸ Ἠλίου τοῦ Ταντάλου παιδός. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Ἀρκαδίας. καὶ τρίτη Ἱσπανίας. ὁ πολίτης ἀπὸ τῆς Ἤλιδος γενικῆς ἀναλόγως Ἠλίδειος ὡς Ἀδωνίδειος καὶ Εὐπολίδειος κτητικῷ τύπῳ, καὶ καθ´ ὕφεσιν τοῦ « δ » Ἠλίειος καὶ Ἠλεῖος. ἀφ´ οὗ “Ἀλεῖος ὁ Ζεύς”. Τρύφων δέ φησιν ὅτι Ἠλίεος καὶ Ἠλέϊος καὶ Ἠλεῖος. Ὅμηρος δ´ Ἐπειοὺς αὐτούς φησι. καὶ κτητικῶς λέγεται Ἠλιακός. λέγονται καὶ πατρωνυμικῶς Ἠλιάδαι. λέγεται καὶ Ἠλιδία, ὡς Ψωφιδία καὶ Ἀρκαδία, ἀπὸ γενικῆς, καὶ ἐπί…

Herodian

…ρήτειος. τὸ μέντοι Ἠτεῖος—ἦν δὲ Ἠτεῖος εἷς τῶν ἑπτὰ σοφῶν, ὡς Δίδυμος συμποσιακῶν δεκάτῳ, Πλάτων δὲ ἐν Πρωταγόρᾳ Χηνέα τοῦτον εἶπεν—Ἠλεῖος, ἠθεῖος προπερισπᾶται οὐκ ἀπὸ συμφώνου ἀρχόμενα. καὶ τὸ μὲν Ἠλεῖος οὕτω γίνεται· ἀπὸ τῆς Ἤλιδος γενικῆς ἀναλόγως Ἠλίδειος ὡς Ἀδωνίδειος καὶ Εὐπολίδειος κτητικῷ τύπῳ καὶ καθ´ ὕφεσιν τοῦ 'δ' Ἠλίειος καὶ Ἠλεῖος, ἀφ´ οὗ «Ἀλεῖος Ζεύς» (Callim. fr. 99). Τρύφων δέ φησιν, ὅτι Ἠλίεος καὶ Ἠλέϊος καὶ Ἠλεῖος. τὸ δὲ ἠθεῖος ἴσως παρὰ τὸ θεῖος, λέγω δὲ τὸ σημαντικὸν τοῦ ἐπαίνου, κατὰ πλεονασμὸν τοῦ 'η' ἐγένετο. Τὸ δὲ Κητειός, Πηνειός ὀξύνεται ὡς κύρια. κ…

Herodian 1.90

char LCS 67 (15.7%) · word LCS 13 (15.3%)

Stephanos

Ἦλις, πόλις πρὸς τῇ [Αἰγυπτίᾳ] Ὀλυμπίᾳ, ἀπὸ Ἠλίου τοῦ Ταντάλου παιδός. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Ἀρκαδίας. καὶ τρίτη Ἱσπανίας. ὁ πολίτης ἀπὸ τῆς Ἤλιδος γενικῆς ἀναλόγως Ἠλίδειος ὡς Ἀδωνίδειος καὶ Εὐπολίδειος κτητικῷ τύπῳ, καὶ καθ´ ὕφεσιν τοῦ « δ » Ἠλίειος καὶ Ἠλεῖος. ἀφ´ οὗ “Ἀλεῖος ὁ Ζεύς”. Τρύφων δέ φησιν ὅτι Ἠλίεος καὶ Ἠλέϊος καὶ Ἠλεῖος. Ὅμη…

Herodian

…. ἐναντιοῦται τὸ μαῦλις ἡ μάχαιρα καὶ τὸ τῆλις. τὸ δὲ τᾶλις ἡ μελλόγαμος τὸ 'α' μακρὸν ἔχει. Ἔτι βαρύνεται καὶ τὸ Βᾶλις πόλις Λιβύης πρὸς τῇ Κυρήνῃ, ἀπό τινος Βάλεως, οὗ καὶ ἱερὸν ἔχει. καὶ μᾶλις. καὶ Ἦλις πόλις πρὸς τῇ Ὀλυμπίᾳ ἀπὸ Ἠλίου τοῦ Ταντάλου παιδός. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Ἀρκαδίας καὶ τρίτη Ἱσπανίας. καὶ ὗλις ἡ ὑλία. καὶ Βοῦλις πόλις Φωκίδος ἀπὸ Βούλωνος οἰκιστοῦ, Πῶλις πόλις Αἰγύπτου. καὶ αὖλις ἡ ἔπαυλις αἰολικῶς, Αὐλίς δὲ ἡ πόλις Βοιωτίας ὀξύνεται «καὶ Αὐλίδα πετρήεσσαν» (Β 496). ἡ δὲ αἰτιατικὴ «Αὖλιν τ´ ἔσφαγον»…