Helios
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In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Helios is the god who personifies the Sun. His name is also Latinized as Helius, and he is often given the epithets Hyperion and Phaethon. Helios is often depi
Helios in his chariot, early 4th century BC, Athena's temple, Ilion
Helios (far right) in a Phaethon sarcophagus, detail, marble, third century AD, Verona, Italy.
Helios relief (1830), Stuttgart, Rosenstein Castle.
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.
Hyperion (Titan)
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In Greek mythology, Hyperion was one of the Titans, the children of Uranus and Gaia. With his sister, the Titaness Theia, Hyperion fathered Helios, Selene and Eos.
Helios
…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 Selene (the Moon) and Eos (the Dawn). Helios's most notable role in Greek mythology is the story of his mortal…
Artemis and Hyperion (George Frederic Watts c. 1881) — Artemis here represents the fading moon at dawn, and Hyperion the rising sun.