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Helenus

Proper noun

Meaning

Helenus

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

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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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