Hellen
After the Deluge, Pyrrha bore Deucalion, king of Phthia, in Thessaly, five children: Hellen (Ἕλλην), Amphictyon, Protogeneia, Pandora and Thyia.
Amphictyon became the king of Athens after deposing Cranüs (Cranus), his father-in-law. Amphictyon ruled for twelve years before Erichthonius deposed him.
From Zeus or Aeolus, Protogeneia became the mother of Aëthlius (Aethlius) or possibly of Endymion (?). Her other sisters were also seduced by Zeus. Pandora bore Graecus, the eponym of the Greeks. Thyia became the mother of Magnes and Macedon.
Hellen became the eponym of the Hellenes. Hellen married the nymph Orseïs (Orseis) who bore him three sons: Xuthus, Dorus, the eponym of the Dorians, and Aeolus, the eponym of the Aeolians.
Related Information
Name
Hellen, Ἕλλην.
Eponyms
Hellen – Hellenes
Aeolus – Aeolians
Sources
Catalogues of Women was possibly written by Hesiod.
Library was written by Apollodorus.
Ion was written by Euripides
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By Jimmy Joe