Helos — a coastal town in Laconia
Ancient Greek word, found 71 times in the texts on Socratos.
Homer, Iliad 2.584: οἵ τʼ ἄρʼ Ἀμύκλας εἶχον Ἕλος τʼ ἔφαλον πτολίεθρον,
Herodotus, Histories 2.4.3: ἐπὶ τούτου, πλὴν τοῦ Θηβαϊκοῦ νομοῦ, πᾶσαν Αἴγυπτον εἶναι ἕλος, καὶ αὐτῆς εἶναι οὐδὲν ὑπερέχον τῶν νῦν ἔνερθε λίμνης τῆς Μοίριος ἐόντων, ἐς τὴν ἀνάπλοος ἀπὸ θαλάσσης ἑπτὰ ἡμερέων ἐστὶ ἀνὰ τὸν ποταμόν.
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 2.500: Κυρήνη πέφαταί τις ἕλος πάρα Πηνειοῖο
All forms of Ἕλος