Helvius Cinna, proposed a law, which, however, was not passed, to permit Cæsar to marry whatever woman he chose. Suetonius, Cæsar, bk. 52.——A poet. See: [Cinna].
Helum, a river of Scythia.
Helymus and Panopes, two hunters at the court of Acestes in Sicily. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 5, li. 73, &c.
Hemathion, a son of Aurora and Cephalus, or Tithonus. Apollodorus, bk. 3.
Hemĭthea, a daughter of Cycnus and Proclea. She was so attached to her brother Tenes, that she refused to abandon him when his father Cycnus exposed him on the sea. They were carried by the wind to Tenedos, where Hemithea long enjoyed tranquillity, till Achilles, captivated by her charms, offered her violence. She was rescued from his embrace by her brother Tenes, who was instantly slaughtered by the offended hero. Hemithea could not have been rescued from the attempts of Achilles, had not the earth opened and swallowed her, after she had fervently entreated the assistance of the gods. See: [Tenes]. Pausanias, bk. 10, ch. 14.—Diodorus, bk. 4.
Hemon. See: [Hæmon].
Hemus. See: [Hæmus].——A Roman. Juvenal, satire 6, li. 197.
Henĕti, a people of Paphlagonia, who are said to have settled in Italy near the Adriatic, where they gave the name of Venetia to their habitation. Livy, bk. 1, ch. 1.—Euripides.
Heniŏchi, a people of Asiatic Sarmatia, near Colchis, descended from Amphytus and Telechius, the charioteers (μνιοχοι) of Castor and Pollux, and thence called Lacedæmonii. Mela, bk. 1, ch. 21.—Paterculus, bk. 2, ch. 40.—Flaccus, bk. 3, li. 270; bk. 6, li. 42.
Henna. See: [Enna].