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Ἕλλην , ηνος, , Hellen, son of Deucalion, Hes.Fr.7.1.
II. Ἕλληνες, οἱ, the Thessalian tribe of which Hellen was the reputed chief, Il.2.684.
2. of all Greeks, Epigr. ap. Paus.10.7.6, Hdt.1.56, Th.1.3, etc.; cf.Πανέλληνες.
3. Gentiles, whether heathens or Christians, opp. Jews, LXXIs.9.12, Ev.Jo.7.35, etc.
4. non-Egyptian (incl. Persians, etc.), PTeb.5.169 (ii B.C.).
5. pagan, Jul.Ep.114, Eun. VS p.524B., Dam.Isid.204, Cod.Just.1.11.10.
III. as Adj.,= “Ἑλληνικός, στρατόςPi.N.10.25, etc.: with fem. Subst., “Ἕλλην᾽ ἐπίσταμαι φάτινA.Ag.1254; “στολήν γ᾽ ἝλληναE.Heracl.130; “. γυνήPhilem.55; . ἀληθῶς οὖσα, of fortune, Apollod.Car.5.10; “Πυλῶν ἙλλήνωνD.18.304: with neut.Subst., “ἐν χωρίῳ ἝλληνιThem.Or.27.332d.
IV. those who spoke or wrote Hellenistic Greek, opp. “Ἀττικοί, ἄρτι: οἱ μὲν . τὸ πρὸ ὀλίγου, οἱ δὲ . καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ νῦν λέγουσιMoer. 68, al., cf. POxy.1012Fr.16; opp. οἱ παλαιοί, Moer.145.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 1254
    • Demosthenes, On the Crown, 304
    • Euripides, Heraclidae, 130
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.56
    • Homer, Iliad, 2.684
    • Old Testament, Isaiah, 9.12
    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 10.7.6
    • Thucydides, Histories, 1.3
    • New Testament, John, 7.35
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