Helios was sometimes characterized with the epithet Helios Panoptes ("the all-seeing"). Helios, Selene, Eos Daughters of Coeus: Leto and Asteria Sons of Iapetus: Atlas, Prometheus,Įpimetheus, Menoetius Sons of Crius: Astraeus, Pallas, Perses Sons and daughters of Cronus and Rhea: Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Hades, Hestia Primordial deities Olympians Aquatic deities Chthonic deities Personified concepts Other deitiesĬrius, Iapetus Children of Oceanus: Oceanids, Potamoi Children of Hyperion: The best known story involving Helios is that of his son Phaëton, who attempted to drive his father's chariot but lost control and set the earth on fire. The female offspring of Helios were called Heliades. Cognate with Latin sol, Sanskrit surya, Old English swegl (sky-heavens) Germanic sunna, Welsh haul, etc. The ancient Greek word derives from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥. The Greek masculine theonym Ἥλιος (Helios) is derived from the noun ἥλιος, "Sun" in ancient Greek. The equivalent of Helios in Roman mythology was Sol, specifically Sol Invictus. However, in spite of their syncretism, they were also often viewed as two distinct gods (Helios was a Titan, whereas Apollo was an Olympian). Still later, the horses were given fiery names: Pyrois, Aeos, Aethon, and Phlegon.Īs time passed, Helios was increasingly identified with the god of light, Apollo. Homer described Helios's chariot as drawn by solar steeds ( Iliad xvi.779) later Pindar described it as drawn by "fire-darting steeds" ( Olympian Ode 7.71). Helios was imagined as a handsome god crowned with the shining aureole of the Sun, who drove the chariot of the sun across the sky each day to earth-circling Oceanus and through the world-ocean returned to the East at night. Ovid also calls him Titan, in fact "lumina Titan". The names of these three were also the common Greek words for Sun, Moon and dawn. Homer often calls him simply Titanor Hyperion, while Hesiod ( Theogony 371) and the Homeric Hymn separate him as a son of the Titans Hyperion and Theia (Hesiod) or Euryphaessa(Homeric Hymn) and brother of the goddesses Selene, the moon, and Eos, the dawn. ɒ s / Greek: Ἥλιος" Sun", Latinized as Helius) was the personification of the Sun in Greek mythology. The Charites, Phaëton, Pasiphaë, Aeëtes, Circe, and the Heliadaeand Heliades Head of Helios, middle Hellenistic period, archaeological museum of Rhodes, Greece
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