Helius
Also known as: Sun · Family: celestial · Role: deity · First appears: Apollodorus, Library 1.2
Life events
- Hyperion and Thia produced Dawn, Sun, and Moon.(Apollodorus, Library 1.2)
- Poseidon married Amphitrite; they had Triton and Rhode, who married the Sun.(Apollodorus, Library 1.4)
- With: Poseidon Amphitrite Triton Rhode
- “Poseidon wedded Amphitrite, daughter of Ocean, and there were born to him Triton and Rhode, who was married to the Sun.”
- Theia bears Helius, Selene, and Eos to Hyperion.(Hesiod, Theogony 295-404)
Apollodorus, Library 1.2
- parent: Hyperion “to Hyperion and Thia were born Dawn, Sun, and Moon”
- parent: Theia “to Hyperion and Thia were born Dawn, Sun, and Moon”
Apollodorus, Library 1.4
- married with Rhode “Rhode, who was married to the Sun”
Apollodorus, Library 1.6
- with Alcyoneus (Alcyoneus drove away the Sun's cows.) “He also drove away the cows of the Sun from Erythia.”
- with Zeus (Zeus forbade Sun to shine.) “But Zeus forbade the Dawn and the Moon and the Sun to shine”
Hesiod, Theogony 295-404
- parent: Hyperion “And Theia was subject in love to Hyperion and bare great Helius (Sun)”
Hesiod, Theogony 979-1021
- child: Circe “And Circe the daughter of Helius, Hyperion’s son, loved steadfast Odysseus and bare Agrius and Latinus who was faultless and strong: also she brought forth Telegonus by the will of golden Aphrodite.”
- parent: Hyperion “And Circe the daughter of Helius, Hyperion’s son, loved steadfast Odysseus and bare Agrius and Latinus who was faultless and strong: also she brought forth Telegonus by the will of golden Aphrodite.”
Apollodorus, Epitome 7
- with Zeus (interaction) “the Sun reported it to Zeus”
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Extracted from the original text of Greek Mythology. Made with Rho MD.