Hellen
Hellēn, ēnis, m., = Ἕλλην,
- a son of Deucalion, and king of Thessaly, from whom the Greeks were called Hellenes, Plin. 4, 7, 14, § 28.
Hellēn, ēnis, m. (Ἕλλην), Sohn des Deukalion, König in Thessalien, Stammvater der Hellenes = Griechen, Plin. 4, 28.
Hellēn, ēnis (Ἕλλην), m. , fils de Deucalion, roi de Thessalie : Plin. 4, 28.
Hellen
(Ἕλλην). The mythical ancestor of the Hellenes. He was the son of Zeus and Dorippé, husband of Orseïs, and father of Aeolus, Dorus, and Xunthus. From his two sons, Aeolus and Dorus, the Aeolians and Dorians claimed descent; and from the two sons of Xanthus (Achaeus and Ion) tradition derives the Achaeans and Ionians. Hellen is described as reigning over Phthia in Thessaly. See Hellas.
Hellen
Hellen, an eponymous Greek hero
- father of Dorus: Hdt. 1.56
- son of Deucalion or Zeus and Pyrrha: Apollod. 1.7.2, Apollod. 1.7.3
- the Hellenes (Greeks) named after him: Apollod. 1.7.3
- divides the country among his sons: Apollod. 1.7.3
- Paus. 7.1.2