Helos
Helos (
Spartan bondsmen, helots, but the name of these slaves (εἵλωτες) probably signified captives, and was derived from the root of ἑλεῖν.[4] In the time of Strabo Helos was only a village; and when it was visited by Pausanias, it was in ruins.[5][6] Helos is also mentioned by Thucydides,[7] Xenophon,[8] and Stephanus of Byzantium.[9]
It is tentatively located at a site called Agios Stephanos, in the modern community of Elos.[10][11]
References
- ^ Polybius. The Histories. Vol. 5.19.
- ^ Homer. Iliad. Vol. 2.584.
- Homeric Hymn to Apollo410.
- ^ Pausanias (1918). "20.6". Description of Greece. Vol. 3. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.: the account differs a little in Strabo. Geographica. Vol. viii. p.365. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. viii. p.363. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Pausanias (1918). "22.3". Description of Greece. Vol. 3. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
- ^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 4.54.
- ^ Xenophon. Hellenica. Vol. 6.5.32.
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
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.
| Authority control databases: Geographic |
|---|
36°50′36″N 22°36′27″E / 36.843247°N 22.60754°E