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220px-Phrixos und Helle

Phrixus and Helle

220px-Dardanelles landsat

The Hellespont, also called the Dardanelles

Helle was the daughter of King Athamas of the Minyans and Nephele, the cloud goddess. Her brother was Phrixus. In order to escape their jealous step-mother Ino, Nephele pleaded with Poseidon to save her children. Poseidon sent a flying golden ram to carry them away to Colchis. However, during the journey, Helle fell off into the body of water separating the continents of Asia and Europe, which forever bore the name Hellespont (Sea of Helle) after her. Phrixus continued to Colchis, where he married the daughter of King Aeetes and the golden ram became the Golden Fleece and, later, the constellation Aries.

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Athamanid Genealogy in Greek mythology
 
 
 
 
Aeolids
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sisyphids
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cretheids
 
Hḗlios
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ino
 
Athamas
 
Nephele
 
 
Salmonids
 
Aeetes of Colchis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Melicertes
 
 
Helle
 
 
 
Phrixus
 
Chalcicope
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Themisto
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dynamene
 
Orchomenus
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Clymenus
 
Pirene
 
 
 
 
 
 
Minyas
 
Phanosyra
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Orchomenus
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ianeira
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Boudeis
 
Clymenus
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Erginus
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