Helice (mythology)
Several figures in Greek myth share the name Helice.
Helice was a name shared by several women in Greek mythology. When Cronus sought Zeus, the god transformed himself into a serpent and his nurses into bears; later he made them constellations, Helice becoming Ursa Major. A third Helice was an Aegialian princess who married Ion and became mother of Bura.
Quick Facts
- Nurse of
- Zeus
- Sister
- Aex
- Transformed into
- bear
- Constellation
- Ursa Major
- Husband (one version)
- King Oenopion of Chios
- Husband (another version)
- Ion
- Daughter (by ion)
- Bura
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