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Elládha

a Pleiades name resource

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An alternate name of the river Spercheios said to have been in use in the 19th century.

Romanized Name(s):
Elládha, Ellada, Hellada

Name as attested:

Ἑλλάδα

Language:
Greek (modern)

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Less certain

Temporal attestations:

Modern (AD 1700-Present) (confident)

References:

Evidence:

Leake, passim, especially 2.15ff

See Further:

Bury, "The History of the Names Hellas, Hellenes," JHS 15 (1895), p. 228

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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