![]() ![]() When Zeus decided to seduce Alcmene, he ordered Helios not to rise for those three days, hiding the sun. But he returns to his tasks at the appeal of the other gods, and Zeus’ threats. Helios, in his sorrow, refuses to resume his job. Zeus, to save the world, strikes Phaethon with lightning, killing him. Phaethon was so bad at riding the chariot that the earth burns when he travels too low and freezes when he goes too high. Eventually, he gave in to his son’s wishes, borrowing him his chariot. Helios was hesitant at first because of how difficult riding this chariot was. Phaethon asks Helios to borrow his chariot for one day. Helios welcomed his son and promised him any gift that he might ask for. Phaethon’s mother Clymene instructs Phaethon to go to Helios himself to prove to Epaphus that he is the son of Helios. ![]() In one story Epaphus the king of Egypt mocked Phaethon for claiming that he was the son of Helios. When Persephone’s mother, the goddess Demeter came to him to ask him what happened to her daughter, Helios told her in detail that it was Hades who, with Zeus’ permission, had taken an unwilling Persephone to the Underworld to be his wife. When Hades abducted Persephone, Helios was there to witness it. Zeus created a beautiful new island and Helios was so amazed by its beauty that he named it Rhodes, after his wife Rhode. Zeus, trying to calm Helios down, promised him that he would give him the greatest gift of all. When he came back to Olympus, he was furious about this fact. In classical Greece, Helios was considered the guardian god of Rhodes, with his influence greatly spreading during Roman times.Īccording to the lyric poet Pindar, when the gods divided the earth between each other, Helios was absent. He is also the guardian of oaths and the god of sight. He was the son of the Titans Hyperion and Theia and brother of the goddesses Selene (the Moon) and Eos (the Dawn). He is often depicted riding a chariot daily across the sky wearing a radiant crown. The god Helios is the Greek god of the sun. ![]()
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