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(h l´ n, n) (KEY) , in Greek mythology, ancestor of the Hellenes, or Greeks; son of Deucalion and Pyrrha. He was the father of Dorus, Xuthus, and Aeolus, who were the progenitors of the principal nations of the Greeksthe Dorians, the Ionians, the Achaeans, and the Aeolians. |
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