Helenus

Proper noun

Meaning

Helenus

(Greek mythology) the son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy, the twin brother of the prophetess Cassandra.

Examples

According to Apollodorus, Paris' brothers Helenus and Deiphobus vied over the hand of Helen. Source: Internet

According to legend, Cassandra had instructed her twin brother Helenus in the power of prophecy so he could be a prophet. Source: Internet

Cassandra was the daughter of King Priam (Priamos) and Queen Hecuba (Hekabe) and the fraternal twin sister of Helenus and a princess of Troy. Source: Internet

Calchas said that Helenus knew the prophecies concerning the fall of Troy, so Odysseus waylaid Helenus. Source: Internet

Helenus founded a city in Molossia and inhabited it, and Neoptolemus gave him his mother Deidamia as wife. Source: Internet

In Roman myths, the kingdom of Phtia was taken over by Helenus, who married Andromache. Source: Internet

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