Helios

E18767

Greek deity personification solar deity

Helios is the personification of the sun in ancient Greek mythology, often depicted driving a chariot across the sky each day.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Helios canonical	45
Helios (through Aeëtes)	1
Hyperion	1
Phaethon (son of Apollo)	1
Phoebus	1
sun god Helios	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek deity ⓘ personification ⓘ solar deity ⓘ
ability	sees and hears everything on earth ⓘ
associatedMonument	Colossus of Rhodes ⓘ
associatedWith	all-seeing ⓘ light ⓘ oaths ⓘ sight ⓘ
chariotDrawnBy	four horses ⓘ
consort	Clymene ⓘ
cultCenter	island of Rhodes ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ
dailyActivity	drives chariot across the sky ⓘ
domain	sky ⓘ sunlight ⓘ
epithet	Hyperion ⓘ surface form: Hyperionides
equatedWith	Sol ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
immortality	immortal ⓘ
knownFor	witnessing events of gods and mortals ⓘ
laterSyncretizedWith	Apollo ⓘ
mentionedIn	Argonautica ⓘ surface form: Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ surface form: Hesiod’s Theogony Homeric Hymns ⓘ Ovid’s Metamorphoses ⓘ
myth	Phaethon’s disastrous chariot ride ⓘ role in the Odyssey on Thrinacia ⓘ
offspring	Aeëtes ⓘ Circe ⓘ Heliades ⓘ Pasiphaë ⓘ Phaethon ⓘ
owns	sacred cattle ⓘ
parent	Hyperion ⓘ Gaia ⓘ surface form: Theia
role	personification of the Sun ⓘ
sacredAnimal	cattle ⓘ horses ⓘ
sibling	Eos ⓘ Rhea ⓘ surface form: Selene
symbol	radiant crown ⓘ sun ⓘ
timeOfActivity	day ⓘ
vehicle	solar chariot ⓘ
worshipPlace	Rhodes ⓘ

Referenced by (50)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sun → hasGreekName → Helios ⓘ

Titanomachy → opposingCombatant → Helios ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hyperion

Apollo → epithet → Helios ⓘ

this entity surface form: Phoebus

Apollo → child → Helios ⓘ

this entity surface form: Phaethon (son of Apollo)

Titans → includes → Helios ⓘ

Sol → hasOtherName → Helios ⓘ

Homeric Hymns → containsHymnTo → Helios ⓘ

Circe → childOf → Helios ⓘ

Nymphs of evening → associatedWithDeity → Helios ⓘ

Surya → equivalentInGreekMythology → Helios ⓘ

Eos → sibling → Helios ⓘ

Heliades → hasParent → Helios ⓘ

Heliades → areDaughtersOf → Helios ⓘ

Heliades → relatedConcept → Helios ⓘ

Colossus of Rhodes → dedicatedTo → Helios ⓘ

Colossus of Rhodes → depicts → Helios ⓘ

Hyperion → child → Helios ⓘ

Phaethon → parent → Helios ⓘ

Phaethon → father → Helios ⓘ

Phaethon → associatedDeity → Helios ⓘ

abduction of Persephone → hasDeity → Helios ⓘ

Sol (Latin) → equivalentInGreekMythology → Helios ⓘ

Theia → parentOf → Helios ⓘ

Theia → motherOf → Helios ⓘ

Selene → sibling → Helios ⓘ

Orphic Hymns → includesHymnTo → Helios ⓘ

Rhode → consort → Helios ⓘ

Rhode → spouse → Helios ⓘ

Rhode → associatedWith → Helios ⓘ

this entity surface form: sun god Helios

Aeëtes → father → Helios ⓘ

Pasiphaë → childOf → Helios ⓘ

Pasiphaë → father → Helios ⓘ

Hymn to Demeter → featuresDeity → Helios ⓘ

Horae → associatedWith → Helios ⓘ

Perses → relative → Helios ⓘ

Leo → associatedDeity → Helios ⓘ

Children of Helios → hasParent → Helios ⓘ

Agrius → associatedWithDeity → Helios ⓘ

Agrius → grandchildOf → Helios ⓘ

Aethra → parent → Helios ⓘ

Alexander Helios → epithet → Helios ⓘ

Medea → grandfather → Helios ⓘ

Medea → deityAncestor → Helios ⓘ

land of the Golden Fleece → associatedWithDeity → Helios ⓘ

this entity surface form: Helios (through Aeëtes)

Aia → associatedWithDeity → Helios ⓘ

Ra-Horakhty → equatedWith → Helios ⓘ

The Fray → album → Helios ⓘ

Telchines → associatedWith → Helios ⓘ

Telchines → createdFor → Helios ⓘ

Helios Arena → namedAfter → Helios ⓘ