Helios

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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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Hyperion 1
Phaethon (son of Apollo) 1
Phoebus 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 (9)

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

Apollo child Helios
this entity surface form: Phaethon (son of Apollo)
Circe childOf Helios
Apollo epithet Helios
this entity surface form: Phoebus
Sun hasGreekName Helios
Sol hasOtherName Helios
Titans includes Helios
this entity surface form: Hyperion