Heleus

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In Greek mythology, Heleus or Heleius (Ancient Greek: Ἕλειος), also Helius (Ἕλιος), was a Mycenaean prince.

Family

According to the mythographer

Gorgophone.[1]

Mythology

Heleus accompanied his nephew

Taphos, and after the victory shared the sovereignty of their domain with Cephalus.[2]

The town Helos in Laconia was said to have been founded by and named after him.[3][4]

Notes

  1. ^ Apollodorus 2.4.5.
  2. Tzetzes on Lycophron
    , 838
  3. ^ Pausanias, 3.20.6; Strabo, 8.5.2
  4. ^ Grimal, Pierre. 1990. The Concise Dictionary of Classical Mythology. Basil Blackwell Ltd. - p. 174

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