< Helle, daughter of Athamas >

1 Origin

Helle was born in Halus, Thessaly, in 1415 BC.

Helle's father was Athamas, son of Aeolus.

2 Others

In 1390 BC, a huge tsunami in the Aegean Sea wiped out Halus, on the western shore of the Pagasetic Gulf. [Strabo.9.5.8]

Helle and her family emigrated to Boeotia.

Helle then joined a colony led by Aeetes, son of Sisyphus, who was leaving Ephyra (later Corinth) with her brother Phrixus.

Helle died while sailing through the strait between the Thracian Chersonesus and the Troad.

Helle was buried in Agora (near Cardia) in the Thracian Chersonesus.

The strait through which Helle died became known as the Hellespont after her name.