Greek Mythology: «Helios, the God Sun».-

⚡️La Audacia de Aquiles⚡️

►Greek Mythology: «Helios, the God Sun»:

«Helios on His Chariot» (Detail) by Hans Adam Weissenkircher (17th century).

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

Helios was the Greek God Sun. He was also the guardian of oaths and the god of gift of sight. 

Around the time of Euripides, the sun of Helios became identified with Apollo. Helios was known by the names Sol and Phoebus in Roman mythology.

Helios was depicted as a handsome, and usually beardless, man clothed in purple robes and crowned with the shining aureole of the sun. His sun-chariot was drawn by four steeds, sometimes winged. 

As stated by Hesiod, Helios was the son of two Titans: Theia and Hyperion. In Hesiod’s «Theogony”, therefore, Helios was also the brother of Eos (the goddess of Dawn) and Selene (the goddess of the Moon). It is interesting to note that the Dawn goddess Eos began the procession of morning, followed closely…

Ver la entrada original 898 palabras más