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Ἑλλάς , άδος, , 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᾽ ἙλλάδαIl.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 “καθ᾽ Ἑλλάδα καὶ μέσον ἌργοςOd.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.; “οὔθ᾽ . οὔτ᾽ ἄγλωσσοςS.Tr.1060: hence ἀρχαία . Old Greece, Plu.Tim.37; μεγάλη . Magna Graecia, Plb.2.39.1, Ath.12.523e; including Sicily, Str.6.1.2.
8. (sc. φωνή) the Greek language, Ael.VH9.16.
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