Helene
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Helene may refer to:
  • Helene (name)
    Helene (name)
    Helene is a female given name from the Greek Ἑλένη, whose etymology is unclear. The modern Greek pronunciation is Eleni, and in English there is also Helena, Elena, Elaine, Helen, Hellen, or Ellen. The name is first attested in the Iliad — Helen of Troy.The name is used in many other...

    , a Greek feminine name
  • Helen of Troy
  • Helene, a figure in Greek mythology who was a friend of Aphrodite
    Aphrodite
    Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation.Her Roman equivalent is the goddess .Historically, her cult in Greece was imported from, or influenced by, the cult of Astarte in Phoenicia....

     and helped her seduce Adonis.
  • Helene (Amazon), a daughter of Tityrus and an Amazon
    Amazons
    The Amazons are a nation of all-female warriors in Greek mythology and Classical antiquity. Herodotus placed them in a region bordering Scythia in Sarmatia...

     who fought Achilles and died after he seriously wounded her
  • Helene (moon)
    Helene (moon)
    Helene is a moon of Saturn. It was discovered by Pierre Laques and Jean Lecacheux in 1980 from ground-based observations at Pic du Midi Observatory, and was designated . In 1988 it was officially named after Helen of Troy, who was the granddaughter of Cronus in Greek mythology...

    , a moon of Saturn
  • Helene, the consort of Simon Magus
    Simon Magus
    Simon the Sorcerer or Simon the Magician, in Latin Simon Magus, was a Samaritan magus or religious figure and a convert to Christianity, baptised by Philip the Apostle, whose later confrontation with Peter is recorded in . The sin of simony, or paying for position and influence in the church, is...

  • Hélène (given name), a feminine given name, the French version of Helen
  • Hélène (opera)
    Hélène (opera)
    Hélène is a poème lyrique or opera in one act by composer Camille Saint-Saëns. It is the first opera for which Saint-Saëns wrote his own French libretto which is based on the classic story of Helen of Troy and Paris from Greek mythology. The opera premiered at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo in Monaco on...

    , a 1904 poème lyrique or opera in one act by composer Camille Saint-Saëns
  • Hélène (drama)
    Hélène (drama)
    Hélène is a drame in four acts and five tableaux of 1891, with French words by Paul Delair and incidental music by André Messager.The story, found by the author in the fait divers of a newspaper concerns a child, Hélène, who, learning that her father has been murdered by his mother, swears...

    , a drame in four acts and five tableaux of 1891, with French words by Paul Delair and incidental music by André Messager
  • Hélène (album), a 1989 album by Roch Voisine
  • "Hélène" (song)
    Hélène (song)
    "Hélène" is a 1989 pop song recorded by the Canadian singer Roch Voisine. It was the first single from his first studio album Hélène, and was released in November 1989. This song allowed the singer to launch his career and achieved great success in France....

    , a 1989 song by Roch Voisine

See also

  • Helena (disambiguation)
  • Helen (disambiguation)
    Helen (disambiguation)
    Helen may refer to:* Helen of Troy, from Greek mythology* Helen * Helen , a play by Euripides* Helen , a fictional supporting character in Christopher Paolini's Inheritance trilogy...

  • Eleni (disambiguation)
  • Ellen (disambiguation)
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