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Hellen

Not to be confused with Helen of Troy or Helenus. For other similar terms, see Helen (disambiguation).
Hellen (bottom, centre-right), being presented with the twins Aeolus and Boeotus by a shepherd, in a depiction of the story of Melanippe from Euripides' lost play Melanippe Wise, on an Apulian volute krater, dating from the late fourth century BC.[1]

In Greek mythology, Hellen (/ˈhɛlɪn/; Ancient Greek: Ἕλλην, romanized: Héllēn) is the eponymous progenitor of the Hellenes. He is the child of Deucalion (or Zeus) and Pyrrha, and the father of three sons, Dorus, Xuthus, and Aeolus, by whom he is the ancestor of the Greek peoples.

  1. ^ LIMC 64 Hellen (S) 1; Michael C. Carlos Museum 1994.001.

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