Helios

Not to be confused with Helloi.

Helios (Ancient Greek: Ἥλιος, Hēlios; Ἠέλιος in Homeric Greek) is the god of the Sun in Greek mythology. He is often thought to be the personification of the Sun itself. He is the son of the Titans Hyperion and Theia. He is the brother of Selene, goddess of the Moon, and Eos, goddess of the dawn. During the Hellenistic period, particularly the 3rd Century BCE, he became more and more identified with Apollo, the god of light, music and prophecy. Helios' equivalent in Roman mythology was Sol.

Helios Media

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  Helios relief (1830), Stuttgart, Rosenstein Castle.

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  Helios in front of Mithras, fresco from a Mithraeum, Hama museum, Syria.

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  Helios in his chariot, early 4th century BC, Athena's temple, Ilion

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  Bust of the sun-god Helios, second century AD; the holes were used for the attachment of a sun ray crown, Ancient Agora Museum, Athens, Greece.

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  Helios the rising Sun, painting on a terracotta disk, 480 BC, Agora Museum Athens

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  Hera makes Helios set earlier, Iliad engraving, John Flaxman.

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  Helios's cup with Heracles in it, Rome, Museo Gregoriano Etrusco, n. 205336.

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  The Horses of Helios, Westminster, London.