 The introduction of female attendants probably took place in the fifth century.The timing of change is clearly prior to Herodotus (5th century BC), with his narrative about the doves and Egypt.Aristotle ("Meteorologica", 1.14) places 'Hellas' in the parts about Dodona and the Achelous and says it was inhabited by "the Selloi, who were formerly called Graikoi, but now Hellenes."