Helle

In the Greek Mythology, Hellé (in Greek old Ἕλλη / Hellê ), girl of the king Athamas and Néphélé, is the sister of Phrixos.

Whereas itself and his/her brother fled through the airs on the back of the ram to the Golden Fleece to escape their mother-in-law Ino, Hellé fell into the sea and drowned.

It is according to this legend that the Hellespont was named, “the sea of Hellé” (ajourd' today Dardanelles).

According to a tradition brought back by Valerius Flaccus, Hellé becomes then a protective marine divinity.

Sources

  • (I, 9,1).

  • (III).
  • (III, 857-876), (XI, 195).
  • (I and II).

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