Hellas” and “Macedonia”. When was the first time that the word Hellas was used to describe the country inhabited by people belonging to Hellenic (greek) tribes?
Although the words Hellas and Hellen (and the other two English equivalents Greece and Greek) have been used to describe the country and the people of modern day Greece, their use in ancient times differed in various periods of time. The usage of these words to describe the various Hellenic tribes as a whole was unknown to the people of the Homeric poems. In Iliad, the words Hellen (Gk: ELLHN) and Hellas (Gk: ELLAS) defined a small greek tribe and the land inhabited by them in Thessaly. (Iliad B’ 683) “OI T’ EIXON FUIHN HD’ ELLADA KALLIGYNAIKA, MYRMIDONES DE KALEYNTO KAI ELLHNES KAI AXAIOI”. At some earlier line (B’ 530) there is a reference to the word “PANELLHNVN”. This word since the time of Aristarchos has been considered to be absent in the original poem and was added at some later time. Plutarchos (Lykourgos 6) wrote about the message brought from Delphoi to Sparta by Lykourgos “DIOS (S)ELLANIOU KAI AUHNAS (S)ELLANIAS IERON IDRYSAMENON…”. Because of this reference, it is believ
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