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'''Helos''' ({{langx|grc|Ἕλος}}, meaning "marshland" or "swamp") was a town of [[ancient Elis]]. According to [[Homer]], in the [[Catalogue of Ships]] in the ''[[Iliad]]'', it belonged to [[Nestor (mythology)|Nestor]].<ref>{{Cite Iliad|2.594}}</ref> It was placed by some ancient critics on the [[Alfeios|Alpheius]], and by others on the Alorian marsh, where was a sanctuary dedicated by the [[ancient Arcadia|Arcadians]] to [[Artemis]].<ref>{{Cite Strabo|8.3.25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Pliny|4.5.7.}}</ref>
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