Helenus (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Helenus (/ˈhɛlənəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἕλενος Helenos, Latin: Helenus) was the name of the following characters:
- Helenus, a son of Zeus and Lysithea, daughter of Evenus.[1]
- Helenus, a prophet, and son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy.[2]
- Helenus, son of Oenops and an Achaean warrior who participated in the Trojan War. During the siege of Troy, he was killed by Hector and Ares.[3]
- Helenus, one of the Suitors of Penelope from Ithaca along with 11 other wooers.[4] He, with the other suitors, was killed by Odysseus with the assistance of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.[5]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions 10.23
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.12.5
- ^ Homer, Iliad 5.707
- ^ Apollodorus, Epitome 7.30
- ^ Apollodorus, Epitome 7.33
References
[edit]- Apollodorus, The Library with an English translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. ISBN 978-0674995796. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. ISBN 978-0198145318. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions from Ante-Nicene Library Volume 8, translated by Smith, Rev. Thomas. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh. 1867. Online version at theio.com
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