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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.

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Hellen, Ἕλλην.

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Hellen – Hellenes

Aeolus – Aeolians

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Catalogues of Women was possibly written by Hesiod.

Library was written by Apollodorus.

Ion was written by Euripides

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  • • Aphareus
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Helenus

Helenus

A Trojan seer. Helenus (Ἕλενος) was the son of Priam, the king of Troy, and Hecuba. Helenus was the brother of Hector, Paris, Deiphobus and Cassandra. As a seer, Helenus knew that Troy was doomed. Helenus failed to dissuade Paris from sailing to S...

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Helen

Helen

The most beautiful woman in the world. Helen of Sparta was better known as Helen of Troy. So she was really Greek, not Trojan. Helen (Ἑλένη) had two main possible mothers: One version says that Helen was a daughter of Nemesis, goddess of retributi...

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Aeolids 1 (Thessaly & Messenia)

Aeolids 1 (Thessaly & Messenia)

The Aeolids, or the descendants of Aeolus, ruled many different kingdoms throughout Greece. Aeolus, the king of Phthia in Thessaly, had many children. Some of his sons founded their own kingdoms, while others gained their own kingdoms through marr...

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Helice

Helice

Helice was a seaport city founded by Ion, son of Creüsa and Apollo (or Xuthus). The city was named after his wife Helice, daughter of Silenus.

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Aeolids

Aeolids

The Aeolids (Αἴολιδαί) were powerful rulers who established kingdoms in many parts of Greece. They were descendants of Aeolus, son of Hellen. Aeolus was a powerful ruler of Thessaly. The Aeolids could be found ruling kingdoms in Thessaly, Argos, C...

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Helius

Helius

Sun and the god of the sun. Helius was the son of Hyperion and Theia. The Romans identified Helius as Sol. Helius was the brother of the goddesses Selene and Eos. Helius married Perseïs (Perseis) or Perse, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. They were...

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Children of Helius

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Aëthlius

Aëthlius

Aëthlius (Aethlius) was the earliest known ruler of the region and city of Elis. Aëthlius was the son of Aeolus and Protogeneia. However, not much is known about Aëthlius except that he married his half-sister, Calyce, daughter of his father Aeolu...

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Aeolus

Aeolus

Aeolus (Αἴολος) became a ruler in Thessaly after his father. Aeolus married Enarete (Ἐναρετη), daughter of Deïmacus (Deimacus), who bore him sons who became powerful rulers: Cretheus, king of Iolcus; Athamas, king of Orchomenus, in Boeotia; Sisyph...

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Heraclids

Heraclids

The Heraclids (Ἡρακλειδαί) were the children and descendants of the hero Heracles (Ἡρακλἣς). The ancient Greeks believed the Heraclids became the ancestors of rulers in Argos, Sparta and Messenia, when the Mycenaean civilisation collapsed during t...

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