Ἑλλάς
I. "Hellas", a city of Thessaly, founded by Hellen, Il.
2. "that part of Thessaly in which the Myrmidons dwelt", also called Phthiotis, Hom.
3. "Northern Greece", as opp. to Peloponnesus, Od.
4. later, the name for "Greece", from the South to Epirus and Thessaly inclusively, Hes., Hdt., etc.
II. as adj. with a fem. Subst. "Hellenic, Greek", id=Hdt., etc.