Hellenion
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Hellenion may refer to:
- Hellenion (Naucratis)Hellenion (Naucratis)Hellenion was an Ancient Greek sanctuary in Naucratis , founded by the cities Rhodos, Cnidus, Halicarnassus, Phaselis, Chios, Teos, Phocaea, Clazomenae and Mytilene in the reign of Amasis ....
, an Ancient Greek sanctuary in Naucratis of Egypt (founded in 6th c. BC) - Hellenion (Sparta), a temple of Zeus Sellanios in SpartaSpartaSparta or Lacedaemon, was a prominent city-state in ancient Greece, situated on the banks of the River Eurotas in Laconia, in south-eastern Peloponnese. It emerged as a political entity around the 10th century BC, when the invading Dorians subjugated the local, non-Dorian population. From c...
- Hellenion (Cairo), a short-lived association founded in early 1900s by the Greek community of EgyptGreeks in Egypt-Antiquity:Greeks have been living in Egypt since the ancient times. Herodotus, who visited Egypt in the 5th century BC, claimed that the Greeks were one of the first foreigners that ever lived in Egypt. Diodorus Siculus attested that Rhodian Actis, one of the Heliadae built the city of Heliopolis...
. - Hellenion (USA), an active Hellenic Neopagan organization, founded in 2002.