Helos_(Elis)

Helos (Elis)

Helos (Elis)

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Helos (Ancient Greek: Ἕλος, meaning "marshland" or "swamp") was a town of ancient Elis. According to Homer, in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad, it belonged to Nestor.[1] It was placed by some ancient critics on the Alpheius, and by others on the Alorian marsh, where was a sanctuary dedicated by the Arcadians to Artemis.[2][3]

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  1. [1]
    Homer. Iliad. Vol. 2.594.
  2. [2]
    Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 8.3.25. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  3. [3]
    Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.5.7.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Helos". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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