Helice (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Helice (/ˈhɛlɪsiː/ (modern Greek pronunciation: [eˈlici]; Ancient Greek: Ἑλίκη [heˈlikɛː] Helike) means "willow"[1]) was a name shared by several women:
- Helice, nurse of the god Zeus during his infancy on Crete.[2] Her name suggests that she was a "willow-nymph", just as there were oak-tree nymphs and ash-nymphs (Dryads and Meliae). It is likely that she is the same as Ide.
- Helike, a nymph who became the wife of King Oenopion of Chios and mother by him of Melas, Talus, Maron, Euanthes, Salagus, Athamas[3] and Merope (Aero).[4]
- Helike, an Aegialian princess as the only daughter of King Selinus who wed her with Ion.[5] By the latter, she became the mother of Bura. Later on, Ion built a city which he named after Helice.[6][7]
- Helike, in antiquity, a common proper name for the constellation Ursa Major.[8]
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Notes
- Graves, Robert (2017). The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. pp. 115, 163 & 197. ISBN 9780241983386.
- Aratus, Phaenomena 27 Archived 2005-04-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 7.4.8
- Parthenius, Erotica Pathemata 20
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 7.1.3
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 7.1.4
- Graves, Robert (2017). The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. p. 163. ISBN 9780241983386.
- Aratus, Phaenomena, translation by A. W. Mair, G. R. Loeb
References
- Aratus Solensis, Phaenomena translated by G. R. Mair. Loeb Classical Library Volume 129. London: William Heinemann, 1921. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Aratus Solensis, Phaenomena. G. R. Mair. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1921. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Graves, Robert, The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. 2017. ISBN 978-0-241-98338-6, 024198338X
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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