1. Hellas , a city of Thessaly, founded by Hellen, [[Iliad by Homer] 8th/7th c.BC]
2. that part of Thessaly in which the Myrmidons dwelt , also called Phthiotis, [[Homer] 8th/7th c.BC]
3. Northern Greece , as opposite to Peloponnesus, [[Odyssey by Homer] 8th/7th c.BC]
4. later, the name for Greece , from the South to Epirus and Thessaly inclusively, [[Hesiod] 8th/7th c.BC, [Herdotus Historicus] Refs 5th c.BC], etc.
5. as adjective with a fem. Substantive Hellenic, Greek , [[Herdotus Historicus] Refs 5th c.BC], etc. (Middle Liddel)