Definition of Helle
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LNS
Hellē, Hellēs
Helle
Ἕλλη
noun (f., 1st Greek declension)
  1. daughter of Athamas and Nephele, sister of Phrixus
  2. she fled with the latter from her step-mother Ino on a ram with a golden fleece to Colchis, but was drowned in the strait called, after her
Abbreviations
Hellē, ēs (gen. Hellis, Sid. Carm. 9, 41), f., = Ἕλλη, daughter of Athamas and Nephele, sister of Phrixus; she fled with the latter from her step-mother Ino on a ram with a golden fleece to Colchis, but was drowned in the strait called, after her, Hellespontus (the sea of Helle), Ov. M. 11, 195; id. F. 3, 857 sq.; Prop. 2, 26, 5 (3, 21, 5 M.); 3 (4), 22, 5; Col. poet. 10, 155; Hyg. Fab. 2 and 3: Mater Helles, Ov. H. 19, 123.
 
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