Helios The Greek God Of The Sun Essay, Research Paper

Helios, the

Greek sun god,

was also known

as Sol in Roman

mythology. He

was the father of

Aeets and Circe.

He was married

to Perseis. He

had two sisters,

Selene, the

goddess of the

moon, and Eos,

the goddess of

dawn.

Ancient

Greeks believed

that everyday

Helios drove a

chariot pulled by

four horses

across the sky

with a giant

flaming ball in it.

He rode with his

sister Eos, the

goddess of dawn.

There are several

different stories

about how he got

back to the East.

One story says

that he rode in a

giant golden cup

on the river

Oceanus. In

other stories he

returned by boat.

Helios fed his

horses herbs on

the Isle of the

Blessed.

When Zeus

was dividing up

the universe,

Helios was either

gone or forgotten

so Zeus gave him

the island of

Rhodes where a

giant statue of

him stood. The

statue was

knocked down

by a giant

earthquake.

Helios?

journeys made

him an all-seeing

god, and people

often called upon

him to witness

their oaths. He is

often confused

with Apollo the

god of ligh