Helenean

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English

Etymology

From Helen +‎ -ean.

Pronunciation

Adjective

Helenean (comparative more Helenean, superlative most Helenean)

  1. (Greek mythology) Of or relating to Helen, the daughter of Zeus and Leda.
    • 1841, Pliny Earle, “Angelina”, in Marathon, and Other Poems, Philadelphia: Henry Perkins, page 76:
      They hasten youth / Into maturer womanhood; they give / A brighter lustre to the beaming eye, / Fairer proportions to the moulded form / Of Helenéan beauty, and impart / A deeper current to the fervent stream / Of the unsealed affections.
  2. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (astronomy) Of or relating to Helene, the Saturnian moon named for Helen.
  3. (geography) Of or relating to Saint Helena Island.