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 Hel’ena (St.).Hel’icon. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Hel’enos.
 
The prophet, the only son of Priam that survived the fall of Troy. He fell to the share of Pyrrhos when the captives were awarded; and because he saved the life of the young Grecian was allowed to marry Androm’ach, his brother Hector’s widow. (Virgil: Æneid.)   1
 


 Hel’ena (St.).Hel’icon. 

 
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