Helios
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(Helius) (The sun god) Greek Helios
was husband to Rhodos, the Nymph of the island of
Rhodes, which he chose as his favored abode. Their
children—Circe, Acetes, and Phaeton—were the
first inhabitants of Rhodes. Helios is usually depicted
as a charioteer who drove the Sun across the Earth
from east to west each day. Helios was all-seeing and
often called upon as a witness (see Demeter and Persephone,
under Demeter). Helios (called Hyperion by
Homer) appears in both the Iliad and the Odyssey; in
the latter, the cattle of Helios (Hyperion) are victims
of Odysseus and his crew of hungry mariners.
In later times, Helios was identified with Apollo,
and, in the late Roman empire, with Sol, one of the
principal gods of the Romans.
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- Pasiphaë Greek Daughter of Helios (the Sun); wife of Minos, king of Crete; mother with Minos of Ariadne, Androgeus, and Phaedra.
- Phaeton Greek Son of Helios, the sun god, and the Nymph Clymene.
- Theia (Radiant) Greek A first-generation Titan goddess of sight and the shining light of the blue sky; daughter of Gaia and Uranus; mother, with Hyperion, of the gods who brought light to humans: Helios (Sun), Selene (Moon), and Eos (Dawn).
- Helios (Helius) (The sun god) Greek Helios was husband to Rhodos, the Nymph of the island of Rhodes, which he chose as his favored abode.
- Hyperion (The One Above) Greek One of the Titans; son of Uranus and Gaia; father with Theia of Helios, Selene, and Eos (the Sun, the Moon, and Dawn).