Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Hellen.
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Hellen
The mythological eponym of the Hellenes — Deucalion’s son from whom Dorus, Xuthus, and Aeolus branch — survives chiefly as a genealogical hinge rather than a painted subject.
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Bibliotheca (Hellen and his sons)
Apollodorus
Apollodorus’ handbook fixes Hellen as the father of Dorus, Xuthus, and Aeolus — the stem from which the Dorians, Ionians, and Aeolians take their names.