1.
Hellas , a city of Thessaly, founded by Hellen, [
8th/7th c.BC] 2.
that part of Thessaly in which the Myrmidons dwelt , also called Phthiotis, [
8th/7th c.BC] 3.
Northern Greece , as opposite to Peloponnesus, [
8th/7th c.BC] 4. later, the name for
Greece , from the South to Epirus and Thessaly inclusively, [
8th/7th c.BC,
Refs 5th c.BC], etc. 5. as
adjective with a fem.
Substantive Hellenic, Greek , [
Refs 5th c.BC], etc. (Middle Liddel)