Heleios

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Anika Campbell

Contributors: Tom Elliott

Last modified Mar 09, 2026 02:31 PM — History

An unlocatable city in the Taphian islands, named after Heleus.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/434772636

Locations:

None

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Ἕλειος (Heleios: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 30 BC)

Heleios makes connections with:

Less than certain: Heleios related Cephalos (unspecified date range)
Heleios located in Taphiae? (islands) (unspecified date range)

Heleios receives connections from:

None

Place type:
unlocated, settlement

References:

Evidence:

Apollod. Bibl. (Frazer: Perseus) 2.4.7

See Further:

MANTO 10066109: City of Heleios

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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Suggested citation:
Anika Campbell, and Tom Elliott, 'Heleios: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/434772636> [accessed: 19 May 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/434772636 |title=Places: 434772636 (Heleios) |author=Campbell, A. |accessdate=May 19, 2026 2:12 am |publisher=Pleiades}}