Helios

Family: Greek names in Plutarch · First appears: The History of Isis and Osiris, collected by Plutarch · Part 4

In Plutarch’s “Isis and Osiris,” Helios discovered that Rhea had secretly joined with Kronos and cursed her so she could not give birth in any month or year. Plutarch says Osiris and Aroueris were begotten by Helios.

Relationship record

Life events

• Helios cursed Rhea so she could not give birth in any month or year.(The History of Isis and Osiris, collected by Plutarch · Part 4)
  • With: Rhea
  • “The goddess Rhea, they say, having accompanied with Kronos by stealth, was discovered by Helios who straightway cursed her, and declared that she should not be delivered in any month or year.”

The History of Isis and Osiris, collected by Plutarch · Part 4

• child: Osiris “As regards the fathers of these children, the first two are said to have been begotten by Helios, Isis by Hermes, and Typhon and Nephthys by Kronos.”
• child: Aroueris “As regards the fathers of these children, the first two are said to have been begotten by Helios, Isis by Hermes, and Typhon and Nephthys by Kronos.”

Also listed in Greek names in Plutarch — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of Legends of the Gods. Made with Rho MD.