Hellen
mythological figure · 3 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
Hellen the son of Zeus · Hellen, the son of Deucalion
in the texts
Stromata
Mythical ancestor from whom the Greek dialects are said to take their name.
" And if it came about that the Greek dialects were named from Hellen the son of Zeus, surnamed of Deucalion, it is easy to see, from the times which we set forth above, by how many generations the dialects current among the Greeks are later than the Hebrew tongue.
Orations
Mythical eponymous ancestor of the Greeks
but the very rulers of men, men engaged in public life and farming, as it may happen, and simply living — as Cyrus ruled the Persians, and Deioces the Medes, and Hellen those named after him, and Aeolus the Aeolians, and Dorus the Dorians, and Numa the Romans, and Dardanus the Phrygians.
History of the Peloponnesian War
Son of Deucalion whose family, based in Phthiotis, is credited by Thucydides as the source of the name Hellenes gradually spreading among the Greek communities.
nay, before the time of Hellen, the son of Deucalion, it does not appear that this appellation existed at all;
But when Hellen and his sons had grown strong in Phthiotis, and men invited them for their aid into the other cities;