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  • proper noun Greek mythology the mythological patriarch of the Hellenes, the son of Deucalion (or sometimes Zeus) and Pyrrha, brother of Amphictyon and father of Aeolus, Xuthus, and Dorus

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From Ancient Greek Ἕλλην (Hellēn).

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