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 Hell or Connaught (To).Helle’nes (3 syl.). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Hellanod’icæ.
 
Umpires of the public games in Greece. They might chastise with a stick anyone who created a disturbance. Lichas, a Spartan nobleman, was so punished by them.   1
 


 Hell or Connaught (To).Helle’nes (3 syl.). 

 
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