Figure Greek and Roman
Hellen
Ἕλλην grc
Mythological progenitor of the Hellenes
- Child of Zeus, Klymene and Prometheus
- Married to Orseis
A life on the record,
dated by its sources.
Roles, not beliefs
Family
The family of Hellen
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 19
Kinship in an account 4
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Family 15
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching · a shared religious affiliation
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- child of (mother) Antiope mythological Greek character, daughter of Aeolus, by Poseidon mother of Boeotus and Hellen; otherwise known as Arne
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child of (child) Deucalion son of Prometheus in Greek mythology - child of (mother) Klymene Oceanid in Greek mythology
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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
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
15 statements on this record
- 1 Has references The statement cites something outside Wikimedia. That citation has not been checked here.
- 13 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it. 1 of them cite only Wikipedia: one source, counted once.
- 1 Hedged in the source The source said circa, allegedly or presumably. This does not turn that into a date.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
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- Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted, not merged
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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