Ἑλλάς,άδος,ἡ,Hellas, said to have been originally the name of the region round Dodona, Arist. Mete. 352a34 , Sch. Il. 21.194 .
2. a city of Thessaly, founded by Hellen, οἵ τ' εἶχον Φθίην ἠδ' Ἑλλάδα
Il. 2.683
.
3. part of Phthiotis, inhabited by theΜυρμιδόνες, 9.395 , al.
4. Northern Greece, opp. Peloponnesus, D. 19.303 , Ptol. Geog. 3.14.1 : sts. so expld. in the phrase καθ' Ἑλλάδα καὶ μέσον Ἄργος
Od. 1.344
, 4.726 ,al.
5. Greece, from Peloponnesus to Epirus and Thessaly inclusively, Hes. Op. 653 , Hdt. 8.44 , 47 , A. Pers. 50 (anap.), 234 (troch.): used collectively forἝλληνες, E. Or. 648 , Th. 1.6 , etc.
6. as a general name forall lands inhabited by Hellenes, including Ionia, etc., Hdt. 1.92 , Th. 1.3 , X. An. 6.5.23 , etc.; οὔθ' Ἑ. οὔτ' ἄγλωσσος
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