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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Helenus''' was the son of King [[Priam]] and Queen [[Hecuba]] of [[Troy]]. He was also the twin brother of the prophetess Cassandra.

During the [[Trojan War]], the Greeks captured Helenus, a prophet, and tortured him until he told them under what circumstances they could take Troy. Helenus said they would win if they retrieved [[Heracles]]' arrows (which were in [[Philoctetes]]'s possession); steal the Trojan [[Palladium]] and persuade [[Achilles]]' son [[Neoptolemus]] to join the war. Neoptolemus was hiding from the war at [[Scyros]] but the Greeks retrieved him. Alternatively, he told them that they could win if [[Troilius]], Helenus' brother, was killed before he turned twenty. Achilles ambushed Troilius and his sister, [[Polyxena]].

After his parents were killed by the Greeks in the [[Trojan War]], Helenus was enslaved by Neoptolemus and taken to [[Epirus]]. After Neoptolemus was killed by [[Orestes]], Helenus inherited part of his kingdom and married [[Andromache]], widow of his brother [[Hector]] who had also been a slave of [[Neoptolemus]].

Virgil III, 295, 334, 374.

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	During the [[Trojan War]], the Greeks captured Helenus, a prophet, and tortured him until he told them under what circumstances they could take Troy. Helenus said they would win if they retrieved [[Heracles]]' arrows (which were in [[Philoctetes]]'s possession); steal the Trojan [[Palladium]] and persuade [[Achilles]]' son [[Neoptolemus]] to join the war. Neoptolemus was hiding from the war at [[Scyros]] but the Greeks retrieved him. Alternatively, he told them that they could win if [[Troilius]], Helenus' brother, was killed before he turned twenty. Achilles ambushed Troilius and his sister, [[Polyxena]].		During the [[Trojan War]], the Greeks captured Helenus, a prophet, and tortured him until he told them under what circumstances they could take Troy. Helenus said they would win if they retrieved [[Heracles]]' arrows (which were in [[Philoctetes]]'s possession); steal the Trojan [[Palladium]] and persuade [[Achilles]]' son [[Neoptolemus]] to join the war. Neoptolemus was hiding from the war at [[Scyros]] but the Greeks retrieved him. Alternatively, he told them that they could win if [[Troilius]], Helenus' brother, was killed before he turned twenty. Achilles ambushed Troilius and his sister, [[Polyxena]].

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