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'''Hellen''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] '''Έλλην''', '''Héllēn''') is the mythological patriarch of the [[Hellenes]], the son of [[Deucalion]] and [[Pyrrha]] (or sometimes [[Zeus]]), brother of [[Amphictyon]] and father of [[Aeolus]], [[Xuthus]], and [[Dorus]]. His name is also another name for [[Greece|Greek]], meaning a person of Greek descent or pertaining to [[Greek culture]], and the source of the adjective "Hellenic". Each of his sons founded a primary tribe of Greece - [[Aeolus]] the [[Aeolians]], [[Dorus]] the [[Dorians]] and [[Xuthus]] the [[Achaeans]] (from Xuthus's son [[Achaeus]]) and the [[Ionians]] (from Xuthus's probably illegitimate son [[Ionas]] ). They conquered the Greek area of [[Phthia]] and subsequently spread their rule to other Greek cities. The people of those areas came to be called Hellenes, after the name of their protectors.

==See also==
* [[Hellenes]]
* [[Greece]]
* [[Hellenic civilization]]
* [[Mythology]]

[[Category:Greek mythological people]]

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