Helenus of Troy

For other uses, see Helenus (mythology).
"Helenos" redirects here. Not to be confused with HelenOS, an operating system based on a multiserver microkernel design.

In Greek mythology, Helenus (/ˈhɛlənəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἕλενος, Helenos, Latin: Helenus) was a gentle and clever seer.[1] He was also a Trojan prince as the son of King Priam[2] and Queen Hecuba of Troy,[3] and the twin brother of the prophetess Cassandra. He was also called Scamandrios, and was a lover of Apollo.[4]

Sketch Illustration of Helenus
  1. ^ Sophocles, Philoctetes 1338; Euripides, Hecuba 89; Cicero, De Natura Deorum 2.7; Dares Phrygius, 12; Hyginus, Fabulae 128
  2. ^ Sophocles, Philoctetes 606; Virgil, Aeneid 3.295; Hyginus, Fabulae 90 & 273; Pausanias, 2.23.5–6 & 10.25.5
  3. ^ Apollodorus, 3.12.5; Dares Phrygius, 4
  4. ^ Photius, 'Bibliotheca excerpts'