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In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Helios (/ ˈ h iː l i ə s,-ɒ s /; Ancient Greek: Ἥλιος pronounced [hɛ̌ːlios], lit. 'Sun'; Homeric Greek: Ἠέλιος) is the god who personifies the Sun. His name is also Latinized as Helius, and he is often given the epithets Hyperion ("the one above") and Phaethon ("the shining").
Helios was one of the Titans, son of Hyperion and Theia and brother of Eos (the Dawn) and Selene (the Moon). The personification of the Sun, he was portrayed as driving a four-horse chariot across the sky on a daily basis.
Helios, in Greek religion, the sun god, sometimes called a Titan. He drove a chariot daily from east to west across the sky and sailed around the northerly stream of Ocean each night in a huge cup.
HELIOS (Helius) was the Titan god of the sun, a guardian of oaths, and the god of sight. He dwelt in a golden palace in the River Okeanos (Oceanus) at the far ends of the earth from which he emerged each dawn, crowned with the aureole of the sun, driving a chariot drawn by four winged steeds.
Despite having what some historians believe to be a significant place in the Greeks’ hearts, Helios did not play a massive part in their mythology, and it seems that he was eventually replaced by Apollo. Nevertheless, his image as the handsome Titan driving a blazing chariot pulled through the sky by his fire-breathing steeds lives on to this ...
In Greek mythology, Helios is the offspring of the titans Hyperion and Theia. His sisters were Selene (the Moon) and Eos (Dawn). Hesiod informs us in his Theogony that with Perseis, daughter of Ocean, he had two children, Circe and king Aietes, who ruled at Kolchis.
Helios is rarely featured in modern adaptations of Greek mythology. When he does appear, he is associated with the sun and fire (as he was in antiquity); for example, in one episode of the 1990s TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Helios is represented as a Titan who has the power to transform himself into fire.
Helius was the ancient Greek Titan-god of the sun who presided over the various facets of the heavenly body, from the measurement and divisions of the day, year and the seasons, to the powers of heat and fire, and the gift of sight. This page contains descriptions of the god's divine functions.
Helios was the son of the Titan god of Light, Hyperion, and his wife, Theia, the goddess of sight, and thus, Helios was brother to Eos (Dawn) and Selene (Moon). Born in the Golden Age of Greek Mythology, Helios would become the sun god, with responsibility for bringing light to the world.
Helios (Greek: Ἥλιος, "Sun", Latinized as Helius) is the personification of the sun in Greek mythology. Helios is the son of the titan Hyperion with the titaness Theia, and brother of the goddess Aeos, personification of the dawn, and the goddess Selena, personification of the moon.