Key facts
- Other names
- Athamantis
- Abode
- Athamantis in Boeotia later Colchis
- Parents
- Athamas and Nephele
- Siblings
- Phrixus Learches Melicertes Schoeneus Leucon Ptous
- Consort
- Poseidon
- Offspring
- Almops Paeon
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Greek water deities
- Gender
- female
- Father
- Athamas
- Mother
- Nephele
- Sibling
- Phrixus
- Image
- Affreschi romani - Pompei - Frisso ed Elle.JPG
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- Commons category
- Helle
- unmarried partner
- Poseidon
- described by source
- Description of Greece
- partner in business or sport
- Phrixus
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Encyclopedic overview
Helle (/ˈhɛli/; Ancient Greek: Ἕλλη, romanized: Héllē), sometimes also called Athamantis (Ancient Greek: Ἀθαμαντίς, "daughter of Athamas"), was a character in Greek mythology who figured prominently in the story of Jason and the Argonauts. Helle is known for giving her name to the strait of Hellespont ("sea of Helle"), into which she fell while crossing it on the back of a flying golden ram with her brother Phrixus—the same flying ram from which the Golden Fleece derived.
Mythology
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