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Olenus

Ὤλενος

(Ὤλενος.)

1. A son of Hiephaestus, and father of the nymphs Aege and Helice who brought up Zeus, and Iromi whom the town of Olenus in Aetolia was believed to have derived its name. (Hygin. Poet. Astr. 13; Steph. Byz. s. v.)

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