In
Greek mythology, Helisson (
Ancient Greek: Ἑλισσὼν) was an
Arcadian
Arcadian may refer to:
* Arcadian, someone or something from, or related to:
** Arcadia (region), the ancient Greek region
** Arcadia (regional unit), the region in modern Greece
** Accademia degli Arcadi, the Italian literary academy founded in ...
prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King
Lycaon either by the
naiad
In Greek mythology, the naiads (; grc-gre, ναϊάδες, naïádes) are a type of female spirit, or nymph, presiding over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of fresh water.
They are distinct from river gods, who ...
Cyllene,
Nonacris
Nonacris or Nonakris ( grc, Νώνακρις) was a town of ancient Arcadia in the region of Pheneatis northwest of Pheneus, situated in what is now Achaea, southern Greece.
Said to be named after the wife of Lycaon, Nonacris was part of the sta ...
or by unknown woman. He was the reputed eponymous founder of the Arcadian town of
Helisson
Helisson ( grc, Ἑλισσών) was a town in ancient Arcadia, Greece. It was situated in the district Maenalia, situated on Mount Maenalus near the territory of Mantineia, near the source of the river ''Helisson'' (present Elissonas), a tri ...
, as well as the river of the same name.
[Pausanias, 8.3.3]
Notes
References
*
Dionysus of Halicarnassus, ''Roman Antiquities.'' English translation by Earnest Cary in the Loeb Classical Library, 7 volumes. Harvard University Press, 1937-1950
Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site* Dionysius of Halicarnassus, ''Antiquitatum Romanarum quae supersunt'', ''Vol I-IV''. . Karl Jacoby. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1885
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
*
Pausanias, ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
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