Ἑλλάς

hellas

Hellas

Appears 13 times across Aristotle's works.

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Rhetoric 5
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Book II 2
Chapter 23 1397a7–1400b33

1397b22
1399b28
Book III 3
Chapter 10 1410b6–1411b21

1411a5
1411a27
1411a32
Meteorology 3
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Book I 3
Chapter 13 349a12–351a18

351a7

Chapter 14 351a19–353a28

352a9
352a34
History of Animals 2
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Book VII 1
Chapter 4 583b29–585a28

584b11
Book VIII 1
Chapter 28 605b22–607a8

606a22
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 22 832a5–13

832a11
Oeconomica 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 2 1346a32–1353b27

1348a33
Politics 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 11 1295a25–1296b12

1296a33

Dictionary (LSJ)

Ἑλλάς, άδος, ἡ, A. 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 τʼ εἶχον Φθίην ἠδʼ Ἑλλάδα Il. 2.683. 3. part of Phthiotis, inhabited by the Μυρμιδόνες, 9.395, al. 4. Northern Greece, opp. Peloponnesus, D. 19.303, Ptol. Geog. 3.14.1: sts. so expld. in the phrase καθʼ 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 for Ἕλληνες, E. Or. 648, Th. 1.6, etc. 6. as a general name for all lands inhabited by Hellenes, including Ionia, etc., Hdt. 1.92, Th. 1.3, X. An. 6.5.23, etc.; οὔθʼ Ἑ. οὔτʼ ἄγλωσσος S. Tr. 1060: hence ἡ ἀρχαία Ἑ. Old Greece, Plu. Tim. 37; ἡ μεγάλη Ἑ. Magna Graecia, Plb. 2.39.1, Ath. 12.523e; including Sicily, Str. 6.1.2. 7. Ἑλλάδος Ἑ., Ἀθῆναι AP 7.45 (Thuc.): pl., τὴν Ἑ. Ἑλλάσι πολλαῖς παραυξήσας Ph. 2.567. 8. (sc. φωνή) the Greek language, Ael. VH 9.16. II. fem.Adj. Greek, γλῶσσα Hdt. 6.98, al.; πόλις Id. 5.93; χθών A. Supp. 243; στολή S. Ph. 223, etc.; masc., Id. Fr. 17; τίς Ἑ. ἢ βάρβαρος ἢ τῶν προπάροιθʼ εὐγενετᾶν ἕτερος . . ; E. Ph. 1509.

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