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  2. Helios - Wikipedia

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    The Roman Emperor Julian made Helios the central divinity of his short-lived revival of traditional Roman religious practices in the 4th century AD. 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 ...

  3. Sol Invictus - Wikipedia

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    In AD 362, the emperor Julian wrote in his Hymn to King Helios that the Agon Solis was held in late December, between the end of the Saturnalia and the New Year. [54] Julian says it is dedicated to Helios and the "Invincible Sun". [55] Most scholars therefore date the festival to December 25 and associate it with the Natalis Solis Invicti. [56]

  4. Sol (Roman mythology) - Wikipedia

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    The Greek assimilation of Apollo and Helios was already established in Rome by the end of the republic. [39] Various Roman philosophers speculated on the nature of the sun, without arriving at any consensus. A typical example is Nigidius, a scholar of the 1st century BCE.

  5. Colossus of Rhodes - Wikipedia

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    Colossus of Rhodes, artist's impression, 1880. The Colossus of Rhodes (Ancient Greek: ὁ Κολοσσὸς Ῥόδιος, romanized: ho Kolossòs Rhódios; Modern Greek: Κολοσσός της Ρόδου, romanized: Kolossós tis Ródou) [a] was a statue of the Greek sun god Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes, on the Greek island of the same name, by Chares of Lindos in 280 BC.

  6. Solar deity - Wikipedia

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    In Germanic mythology, the solar deity is Sol; in Vedic, Surya; and in Greek, Helios (occasionally referred to as Titan) and (sometimes) as Apollo. In Proto-Indo-European mythology the sun appears to be a multilayered figure manifested as a deity but also perceived as the eye of the sky father Dyeus .

  7. Category:Helios in mythology - Wikipedia

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    Mythology of Helios. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. A. Anemoi (1 C, 16 P) H. Hephaestus (4 C, 22 P) M. Medea (2 C, 12 ...

  8. 500 mythology names to give your baby a powerful start in life

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    Luna, for example, is a name from Roman mythology and is the number 10 ranked name for baby girls. Others, like Eleuthia, have never cracked the top 1,000 list of boys ’ or girl s’ names in ...

  9. Hyperion (Titan) - Wikipedia

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    "Hyperion" means "he that walks on high" or simply "the god above", often joined with "Helios". [5] There is a possible attestation of his name in Linear B (Mycenaean Greek) in the lacunose form ]pe-rjo-[(Linear B: ] 𐀟𐁊-[), found on the KN E 842 tablet (reconstructed [u]-pe-rjo-[ne]) [6] [7] though it has been suggested that the name actually reads "Apollo" ([a]-pe-rjo-[ne]).