Helenus
Family: Epirote · Role: husband of Andromache · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 11
After going with Pyrrhus (son of Achilles) to Epirus, Helenus married Andromache and became regent for Pyrrhus’s sons. They had a son, Cestrinus.
In Book 5, Helenus stood opposite Odysseus, whom the account paired with him as a Greek and barbarian “selected as most remarkable for wisdom in either army.” When Helenus died, he handed the kingdom to Molossus.
Relationship record
Life events
- Helenus died and handed the kingdom to Molossus.(Book 1 · Chapter 11)
- With: Molossus
- “And when Helenus died having handed over the kingdom to Molossus the son of Pyrrhus”
- Helenus married Andromache and became Regent for Pyrrhus’s sons.(Book 2 · Chapter 23 · 📍 Epirus)
- With: Andromache Pyrrhus (son of Achilles)
- “he went with Pyrrhus the son of Achilles to Epirus, and married Andromache, and was Regent for the sons of Pyrrhus”
Book 1 · Chapter 11
- child: Cestrinus “And Helenus also had a son Cestrinus by Andromache, whom he married after the death of Pyrrhus at Delphi.”
- married with Andromache “And Helenus also had a son Cestrinus by Andromache, whom he married after the death of Pyrrhus at Delphi.”
Book 2 · Chapter 23
- parent: Priam (Priam is Helenus's father.) “And as to Helenus the son of Priam, I have already shown that he went with Pyrrhus the son of Achilles to Epirus, and married Andromache”
- married with Andromache “Helenus the son of Priam, I have already shown that he went with Pyrrhus the son of Achilles to Epirus, and married Andromache”
- child: Cestrinus (Helenus is Cestrinus's father.) “Cestrine in Epirus took its name from his son Cestrinus.”
Book 5 · Chapter 22
- rivals with Odysseus “Similarly opposite to one another stand a Greek and barbarian, Odysseus opposite Helenus, for these are selected as most remarkable for wisdom in either army,”
- with Odysseus (Depicted opposite one another as exemplary wise men of opposing armies.) “Odysseus opposite Helenus, for these are selected as most remarkable for wisdom in either army”
Book 10 · Chapter 25
- parent: Priam (The identification is explicitly conjectural.) “before reading the inscription one would conjecture that it is Helenus the son of Priam.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.