Hellanicus (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Hellanicus or Hellanikos (Ancient Greek: Ἑλλάνικος Ἑllánikos) was one of the suitors of Penelope who came from Dulichium along with other 56 wooers.Apollodorus, [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg002.perseus-eng1:e.7.26 E.7.26–7]. He, with the other suitors, was killed by Odysseus with the help of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.Apollodorus, [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg002.perseus-eng1:e.7.33 E.7.33].
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- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
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