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Hellen
Ἕλλην grc
Mythological progenitor of the Hellenes
- Child of Zeus, Klymene and Prometheus
- Married to Orseis
Overview
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Family tree
As the myths and records give it. Versions differ from source to source.
The family as a list · 19
Kinship in an account 4
Family 15
- child of (mother) Antiope mythological Greek character, daughter of Aeolus, by Poseidon mother of Boeotus and Hellen; otherwise known as Arne
- child of (child) Deucalion son of Prometheus in Greek mythology
- child of (mother) Klymene Oceanid in Greek mythology
- child of (father) Prometheus Titan, culture hero, and trickster figure in Greek mythology who defied the gods; son of Iapetus
- child of (child) Pyrrha daughter of Epimetheus and Pandora in Greek mythology
- child of (father) Zeus Greek god of the sky and king of the gods
- parent of (father) Aiolos hero ancestor of the Aeolians, son of Hellen
- parent of (father) Dorus son of Hellen, eponym of the Dorians in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Neonus father of Dotus in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Xuthus king in Greek mythology
- sibling of Amphictyon son of Deucalion in Greek mythology
- sibling of Pandora daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha
- sibling of Protogeneia mythical daughter of Deucalion
- sibling of Thyia mythical character, daughter of Deucalion
- married to Orseis water deity
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