Helle (mytologi)
Helle är i grekisk mytologi dotter till konung Athamas[1] och gudinna Nefele, syster till Frixos. Helles styvmor Ino konspirerar mot syskonen. Därför hjälper deras mor Nefele syskonen att fly på en flygande gumse med gyllene skinn, som hon fått med hjälp av Hermes, mot Aia (Kolkis). Helle faller av gumsen och drunknar i det sund som därigenom skall ha fått sitt namn, Hellesponten.[2]
Källor
- ^ Sture Linnér. ”Helle”. Nationalencyklopedin. http://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/l%C3%A5ng/helle. Läst 7 november 2015.
- ^ Jerker Blomqvist. ”Gyllene skinnet”. Nationalencyklopedin. http://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/l%C3%A5ng/gyllene-skinnet. Läst 7 november 2015.
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Phrixus and Helle, twins of Athamas, king of Boeotia, and Nephele (a goddess of clouds), attempt to flee their hate-filled stepmother by crossing the sea between Europe and Asia on a flying (or swimming) golden ram. Helle has fallen from the ram and her brother Phrixos is attempting to save her. He fails to rescue her and she drowns, giving her name to that crossing point which became known as the hellespont.
Phrixus and Helle, twins of Athamas, king of Boeotia, and Nephele (a goddess of clouds), attempt to flee their hate-filled stepmother by crossing the sea between Europe and Asia on a flying (or swimming) golden ram. Helle has fallen from the ram and her brother Phrixos is attempting to save her. He fails to rescue her and she drowns, giving her name to that crossing point which became known as the hellespont.