Hellanicus (mythology)
Slaughter of the suitors of Penelope by Odysseus and Telemachus, assisted by Eumaeus and Philoetius. Campanian red-figure bell-krater, ca. 330 BC, Louvre (CA 7124)
In Greek mythology, Hellanicus or Hellanikos (Ancient Greek: Ἑλλάνικος Ἑllánikos) was one of the suitors of Penelope who came from Dulichium along with other 56 wooers.[1] He, with the other suitors, was killed by Odysseus with the help of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.[2]
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- 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
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