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Here Phaethon lies who in the sun-god's chariot fared. And though greatly he failed, more greatly he dared. [38] Apollo, stricken with grief at his son's death, at first refused to resume his work of driving his chariot, but at the appeal of the other gods, including Jupiter who used threats, returned to his task.
Helios figures prominently in several works of Greek mythology, poetry, and literature, in which he is often described as the son of the Titans Hyperion and Theia and brother of the goddesses Selene (the Moon) and Eos (the Dawn). Helios' most notable role in Greek mythology is the story of his mortal son Phaethon. [2]
Apollo [a] is one of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology. Apollo has been recognized as a god of archery, music and dance, truth and prophecy, healing and diseases, the Sun and light, poetry, and more.
Helios's chariot, a golden chariot drawn by four fiery horses driven across the sky by the Greek sun god, Helios. Also, according to Apollodorus , Helios owened a chariot, drawn by winged dragons, which he gave to his granddaughter Medea .
Phaethon ([Φαέθων] Error: {{Langx}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 7) ) is the title of a lost tragedy written by Athenian playwright Euripides, first produced circa 420 BC, and covered the myth of Phaethon, the young mortal boy who asked his father the sun god Helios to drive his solar chariot for a single day. The play has ...
Greek mythology. Helios, god and personification of the Sun who drives across the sky in a chariot; Apollo, god of the Sun and light, among others. His most common ...
The mural, by artist Jack Stewart, depicts the Greek god Apollo flying his sun chariot across the sky. City of Miami Beach. Officials finally settled on the new Fire Station 1, which by chance ...
In Greek mythology, Helios, a Titan, was the personification of the Sun; however, with the notable exception of the island of Rhodes and nearby parts of southwestern Anatolia, [a] he was a relatively minor deity. The Ancient Greeks also associated the Sun with Apollo, the god of enlightenment. Apollo (along with Helios) was sometimes depicted ...