Helenus (mythology) explained

In Greek mythology, Helenus (; Ancient Greek: Ἕλενος Helenos, Latin: Helenus) was the name of the following characters:

• Helenus, a son of Zeus and Lysithea, daughter of Evenus.^[1]
• Helenus, a prophet, and son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy.^[2]
• Helenus, son of Oenops and an Achaean warrior who participated in the Trojan War. During the siege of Troy, he was killed by Hector and Ares.^[3]
• Helenus, one of the Suitors of Penelope from Ithaca along with 11 other wooers.^[4] He, with the other suitors, was killed by Odysseus with the assistance of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.^[5]

Notes

1. [Clementine literature|Pseudo-Clement]
2. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
3. [Homer]
4. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
5. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]

References

• Apollodorus, The Library with an English translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. . Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions from Ante-Nicene Library Volume 8, translated by Smith, Rev. Thomas. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh. 1867. Online version at theio.com