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Ἑλλάς

hellas

Hellas

Appears 20 times across Plato's dialogues.

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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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