Hellas, or Ellas may refer to:

Places in Greece

*Ἑλλάς (''Ellás''), genitive Ἑλλάδος (''Elládos''), an ancient Greek toponym used to refer to: **

Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...

as a whole, as the main name its modern inhabitants know it by ** The region of

Achaea Phthiotis Achaea Phthiotis () or simply Phthiotis () was a historical region of ancient Thessaly, Thessaly, in ancient Greece. It lay in southeastern Thessaly, between Mount Othrys and the northern shore of the Pagasetic Gulf. Inhabited by , it was origina ...

in Thessaly ** According to legend, a city in Phthiotis, founded by

Hellen In Greek mythology, Hellen (; ) is the eponymous progenitor of the Greeks, Hellenes. He is the son of Deucalion (or Zeus) and Pyrrha, and the father of three sons, Dorus, Xuthus, and Aeolus (son of Hellen), Aeolus, by whom he is the ancestor of t ...

** Continental Greece, as opposed to the Peloponnese peninsula and the Greek islands ** A name for all lands inhabited by

Hellenes Greeks or Hellenes (; , ) are an ethnic group and nation native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Albania, Anatolia, parts of Italy and Egypt, and to a lesser extent, other countries surrounding the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea. They also f ...

, i.e. all of

ancient Greece Ancient Greece () was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity (), that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically r ...

, including the

Greek colonies Greek colonisation refers to the expansion of Archaic Greeks, particularly during the 8th–6th centuries BC, across the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. The Archaic expansion differed from the Iron Age migrations of the Greek Dark Ages ...

Hellas (theme) The Theme of Hellas (, ''Thema Hellados'') was a Byzantine military-civilian province (''thema'', theme) located in southern Greece. The theme encompassed parts of Central Greece, Thessaly and, until , the Peloponnese peninsula. It was establish ...

, a Byzantine province in southern Greece

Sports clubs

* Hellas Verona F.C., an Italian football (soccer) club based in Verona *

SoIK Hellas SoIK Hellas is a sports club in Stockholm, Sweden, established on 14 May 1899 as Pastorns gossar ("The Preacher's Guys") by Katarina Parish Confirmation (Lutheran Church), confirmation priest Ernst Klefbeck, before changing name to SoIK Hellas in ...

, sports club in Stockholm, Sweden *

South Melbourne FC South Melbourne Football Club is an Australian semi-professional Association football, soccer club based in suburb of Albert Park, Victoria, Albert Park, in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. The club currently competes in the National P ...

, a football (soccer) club formerly known as South Melbourne Hellas * West Adelaide Soccer Club, a football (soccer) club formerly known as West Adelaide Hellas

On Mars

Hellas quadrangle The Hellas quadrangle is one of a series of 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Astrogeology Research Program. The Hellas quadrangle is also referred to as MC-28 (Mars Chart-28). The Hellas quadrangle ...

, a region of Mars *

Hellas Planitia Hellas Planitia is a plain located within the huge, roughly circular impact basin Hellas located in the southern hemisphere of the planet Mars. Hellas is the fourth- or fifth-largest known impact crater in the Solar System. The basin floor ...

, a plain within the impact basin associated with the albedo feature Hellas on Mars *

Hellas Montes Hellas Montes is a mountain range on the planet Mars. This group of mountains are located along the western rim of the giant Hellas Basin. It has a diameter of 153.00 km. This mountain range was approved in 1991. To determine the history of ...

, a mountain range on Mars

Ships

* Greek frigate ''Hellas'' (1826-1831), the first flagship of the modern Hellenic Navy * (1859-1906) * SS ''Taroona'' (1935-1989), an Australian transport ship of World War II; later sold and converted into a cruise ship named the ''Hellas''

Other uses

* ''Hellas'' (poem), by Percy Bysshe Shelley * ''Ellas'' (TV series), a Mexican telenovela *

AK Hellas AK Hellas (the initials standing for the full name of the company, 'Aggelopoulos-Karkanis O.E.') was a Greek manufacturer of light trucks and other metal products. It designed and produced two basic types of vehicles - all three-wheelers with 50 ...

, a Greek truck manufacturer *

Hellas (personification) Hellas or Ellada is the personification of the nation of Greece, dating back to Ancient Greece. There was a desire for unification in Greece, and Hellas is the only national personification known from that period. She is mentioned frequently in lite ...

, feminine representation of Greece * "Ellas", a song by Tini from ''

Un Mechón de Pelo ''Un Mechón de Pelo'' () is the fifth studio album by Argentine singer Tini, released on 11 April 2024, by 5020 Records, Sony Music Latin and Hollywood Records. Tini co-wrote all the songs on the album, and its production was mostly handled ...

Places in Greece

Sports clubs

On Mars

Ships

Other uses

See also