in Grecian Mythology, was the daughter of Athamas, king of Thebes, and the goddess Nephele, whom he had married at the command of Juno. Athamas, however, secretly loved the mortal Ino, and at last took her to his home as his wife. Dissensions, of course, sprang up between the wives and their respective families. Athamas went to Delphi to consult the oracle as to the best means of restoring domestic harmony. Ino bribed the priestess, and Athamas was told that it would be necessary to sacrifice Phrixus, the brother of Helle. Thereupon Nephele and her two children fled for safety towards Asia on the back of the ram with the golden fleece. Helle, however, had the misfortune to slip off its back, and the strait into which she fell was called in her honour, Helles Pontus or Hellespont; the Sea of Helle. Phrixus, after burying his sister, held on his way to Colchis.