{{Short description|Son of Perseus in Greek mythology}} {{distinguish|Helios}} In Greek mythology, '''Heleus''' or '''Heleius''' (Ancient Greek: Ἕλειος), also '''Helios''' (Ἕλιος), was a Mycenaean prince.
== Family == According to the mythographer Apollodorus, Heleus was one of the sons of Perseus and Andromeda, and the brother of Perses, Alcaeus, Sthenelus, Electryon, Mestor, and Gorgophone.<ref>Apollodorus [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:2.4.5 2.4.5].</ref>
== Mythology == Heleus accompanied his nephew Amphitryon, son of Alcaeus, on the expedition to Taphos, and after the victory shared the sovereignty of their domain with Cephalus.<ref>Apollodorus, 2.4.5-7; Tzetzes on Lycophron, 838</ref>
The town Helos in Laconia was said to have been founded by and named after him.<ref>Pausanias, 3.20.6; Strabo, 8.5.2</ref><ref>Grimal, Pierre. 1990. The Concise Dictionary of Classical Mythology. Basil Blackwell Ltd. - p. 174</ref>
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== References == * Apollodorus, ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website]. * 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}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library] * Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library]. * Strabo, ''The Geography of Strabo.'' Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0198%3Abook%3D6%3Achapter%3D1%3Asection%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] * Strabo, ''Geographica'' edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0197 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.]
Category:Perseids (mythology) Category:Princes in Greek mythology Category:Mythological Laconians Category:Children of Andromeda (mythology) Category:Mythological city founders
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