Helice (mythology)
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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] In one version, Demeter asks the stars whether they know anything about her daughter Persephone's abduction, and Helice tells her to ask Helios, who knows the deeds of the day, because the night is blameless and knows nothing.[9]
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
- ^ Ovid, Fasti 4.575
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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