Hélénos

In the Greek Mythology, Hélénos (in Greek old Ἕλενος / Hélenos ) is a Trojan prince , one of wire of Priam and Hécube, and the twin brother of Cassandre.

It receives Apollon the gift of divination and predicted that the voyage of his/her brother Pâris in Greece will be harmful: indeed, it is at the time of this voyage that Pâris removes Helene de Sparte, thus starting the Trojan War.

After the death of this one, he aspires to the hand of Helene and when Priam gives it to his/her other brother Déiphobe, he withdraws himself, furious, on the mount Ida de Troade. There, it is made prisoner by Ulysses, on the indications of the Greek soothsayer Calchas. Hélénos then acknowledges the requirements with the catch of Troy, in particular the possession of the arc and the arrows of Héraclès, held by the hero Philoctète.

It falls to Néoptolème, wire of Achille, at the same time as Andromaque. It gains the confidence of its Master by preventing it from taking the sea with the remainder of the Achaean fleet, predicting a terrible storm. As a sign of gratitude, Néoptolème gives him Andromaque in marriage, and heir to its throne of Épire institutes it. Andromaque gives him a son, Cestrinos.

In Énéide , it is Hélénos which announces with Énée that it must go to the Enfers accompanied by the Sibylle.

The epilog with the Edda in prose (III, 1b) identifies it with the Scandinavian god Ali.

Sources

(III, 12,5), (V, 8-10).
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(I, 1,11 and II, 23).
(III, 294).

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