Ὑέλη

Ὑέλη, ἡ,

• Velia in Lower Italy, Hdt. 1.167, Str. 6.1.1: also called Οὐέλιαι (v.l. Βελίαι), Ptol. Geog. 3.1.8; Οὐέλια D.H. 1.20, who says this form is an old dialect word (ϝέλια) for ἑλώδη = marshy places; but ἕλος prob. had no. ϝ. (The coins have υελητων, υελητεων, and ϝελη(των), B Mus.Cat.Coins Italy pp. 304,305, 306; the Oscan name Velia was prob. adapted as ελέη (hence ελῆ is more prob. than έλη) and Ἐλέα.)