Sun God
Also known as: Sun / the Sun · Family: divine · Role: deity · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 1
In Book 2, Chapter 1, Briareus arbitrated a dispute between the Sun and Poseidon, awarding the Isthmus to Poseidon and the height above the city to the Sun. “From this time they say the Isthmus belongs to Poseidon.” In Chapter 4, Briareus gave Acro-Corinthus to the Sun after litigation, and the Sun let Aphrodite have it.
The material names Aloeus and Phaethon as sons of the Sun. In Book 2, Chapter 11, Adrastus built an altar to the Sun God, and Titan is described as the Sun’s brother. Later accounts name Pasiphae as a daughter of the Sun; in Book 9, Chapter 35, Euphrosyne, Aglaia, and Thalia are also named as daughters of Ægle and the Sun.
Relationship record
Life events
- Briareus awarded the Isthmus to Poseidon after arbitrating his dispute with the Sun.(Book 2 · Chapter 1 · 📍 the Isthmus)
- Briareus gave Acro-Corinthus to Sun after litigation.(Book 2 · Chapter 4 · 📍 Acro-Corinthus)
- With: Briareus
- “Briareus gave it to the Sun, after litigation”
- Sun granted Acro-Corinthus to Aphrodite.(Book 2 · Chapter 4 · 📍 Acro-Corinthus)
- With: Aphrodite
- “and the Sun, as the Corinthians say, let Aphrodite have it”
Book 2 · Chapter 1
- child: Aloeus “Aloeus, the son of the Sun”
- rivals with Poseidon “The Corinthians say that Poseidon had a controversy with the Sun about their land”
- with Briareus (Briareus arbitrated the dispute over the land.) “Briareus was the Arbitrator, awarding the Isthmus and all in that direction to Poseidon, and giving the height above the city to the Sun”
Book 2 · Chapter 3
- child: Phaethon “one with Phaethon in it (the son of the Sun)”
Book 2 · Chapter 4
- with Briareus (interaction) “Briareus gave it to the Sun, after litigation”
- with Aphrodite (interaction) “the Sun, as the Corinthians say, let Aphrodite have it”
Book 2 · Chapter 11
- with Adrastus (Adrastus built an altar to the Sun God.) “Adrastus also built behind the temple of Hera two altars, one to Pan, and one to the Sun God in white stone.”
- siblings with Titan (Titan is described as the brother of the Sun.) “where the natives say Titan first dwelt, who was the brother of the Sun, and gave the name Titane to this place.”
Book 5 · Chapter 25
- child: Pasiphae “Pasiphae the daughter of the Sun.”
Book 9 · Chapter 35
- child: Euphrosyne “But Antimachus neither gives the number of the Graces nor their names, but says they were the daughters of Ægle and the Sun.”
- child: Aglaia “But Antimachus neither gives the number of the Graces nor their names, but says they were the daughters of Ægle and the Sun.”
- child: Thalia “But Antimachus neither gives the number of the Graces nor their names, but says they were the daughters of Ægle and the Sun.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.