Helios
deity sky Greek corroborated · 71
Helios is the sun god. Monimos and Azizos are companions of Helios.
↻ synthesized from 71 sources
When
- First attested
- 2000 BCE
- Attested period
- -2000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Identified with Mithra by Greeks, forming syncretic Mithra-Helios figure that was transformed into Mithras during 2nd century BC.
Relationships
- syncretized with
- Mithra, Sol, Sabaoth Adonai, Iao, Apollo, Yahweh Sabaoth, Ra, Baal, Usil, Dazhbog
- co occurs with
- *Meh₁not, Euryphaessa, Crius, Eirene, Nemea, Ersa, Pandia, Endymion, Narcissus, Eunomia, Dike, Musaeus, Eumolpus, Amalthea, Rhea, Neda, Hydaspes, Arge, Upis, Themis, Adrasteia, Asklepios, Enodia, Eros, Aethlius, Muia, Theia, Basileia, Triton, Amphitrite, Asopus, Halia, Telchines, Sirens, Oceanid, Pallas Athena, Saturn, Sabazius, solar deity, sun deity, Savitr, Hvare-khshaeta, Aditi, Dazibogu, Svarog, *Dyḗws, Mitra, Varuna, Grian, Vahagn, Ahura Mazda, Şêşims, Sulis, Amun, Asclepius, Apulu, Heliades, Sol Invictus, Chandra, Aphrodite, Osiris, Sekhmet, Horus, Atum, Saulė, Árvakr, Alsviðr, Nyx, H₂éwsōs, Hephaestus, Pandora, Luna, Selene, Proserpina, Hekate, Pluto/Hades, Enlil, Al-Ala, Theos Hypsistos, Illiyin, *Dyēus, Amalceides, Protocles, Protocleon, Chronos, Auge, Nymphe, Mesembria, Sponde, Elete, Hesperis, Dysis, Acte, Musica, Gymnastica, Arctus, Arae, Crete, Dionysus, Minotaur, Pasiphaë, Glaucus, Minos, Deucalion, Europa, Asterius, Acacallis, Androgeus, Phaedra, Xenodice, Catreus, Oenopion, Staphylus, Thoas, Peparethus, Eurymedon, Phliasus, Ceramus, Maron, Euanthes, Latramys, Tauropolis, Bronte, Zeus Keraunos, Zeus Astrapeus, Prometheus, Manes, Aṣ̌i, Clymene, Iapetus, Cotys, Asia, Epimetheus, Menoetius, Hesione, Scylla, Asterope, Canens, Picus, Anatole, Musia, Gymnasia, Arktos, Anatolia, Akte, Messembria, Gymnasica, Nympha, Erebus, Aether, Chronus, Panacea, Iaso, Machaon, Podaleirius, Circe, Aeëtes, Poseidon, Demeter, Leto, Phaethon, Pallas, Styx, Calypso, Iris, Jove, Hypnos, Hyperion, Kraken, Kronos, Kratos, Old Gods, Dahak, Persephone, Shazam, The Sisters of Fate, Dioscuri, Ἑλένα Δενδρῖτις, Ariadne, Phoebus, Boreas, Colossus, Fates, Demeter Chloe, Poseidon Hippios, Glauce, Creon, Aegeus, Erechtheus, Demeter/Kore, Oceanus, Tethys, Hathor, Liberty, Merope, Cedalion, Aëro, Leiro, Athena, Paeon, Perse, Perses, Chiron, Chariclo, Asteria, Heracles, Aeolus, Eurus, Notus, Zephyrus, Hera, Uranus, Cronus, Eos, giant, Porphyrion, Lampetia, Phaethusa, Charon, Atlas, Calliope, Thalassa, Arsu, Hades, Dielli, Dyaus, God, Zojz, Yahweh, El, Inti, Sūrya, Shamash, Diana, Uṣas, Hecate, Hermes, Artemis (Diana), Zoe, Artemis, gods, Isis, Gaia
- parent of
- Astris, Horae, Ialysus, Cameirus, Lindus, Ochimus, Cercaphus, Actis, Macar, Candalus, Triopas, Tenages, Electryone, Lampetie, Aigle, Phaethousa, Heliades, Heliadae, Antolia, Arktos, Tritopatores, Anatolia, Nymphe, Dysis, Auge, Gymnastica, Acte, Mesembria, Anatole, Musica, Arctus, Sponde, Musia, Gymnasia, Elete, Akte, Hesperis, Gymnasica, Nympha, Messembria, Merope, Helie, Aegle, Phoebe, Aetherie, Dioxippe, Aeëtes, Pasiphaë, Aloeus, Calypso, Phaethon, Aglaea, Euphrosyne, Thalia, Perses, Phaethusa, Lampetia, Circe
- consort of
- Selene, Rhodos, Leucothoe, Neaera, Clymene, Prote, Perse, Perseis, Asterope (mother of Circe)
- allied with
- Zeus, Atlas, Hemera, Ares, Oceanus, Apollo, Aethon, Eous, Phlegon, Pyrois, Horae, Orion, Παιήων, Sirius
- manifests as
- Apollo
- enemy of
- Odysseus's men, Olympians, Picolous
- aspect of
- Titans
- served by
- Azizos, Monimos, Cattle of Helios, Horses of Helios, Lampetie, Phaethousa, Aeos, Astrape, Phaethusa
- child of
- Basileia, Euryphaessa, Hyperion, Theia, Zeus
- manifested by
- Apollo
Mentioned by
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Sources
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Source passages
“Both gods were companions of Helios, the sun.”
#3727 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“At first identified with the Sun-god Helios by the Greeks, the syncretic Mithra-Helios was transformed into the figure Mithras during the 2nd century BC”
#3893 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“she boasted that she would catch up with the animal even if it ran as fast as Helios. The sun god, offended by her words, changed her into a doe.”
#8927 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“one of the Heliades, daughters of Helios, either by the Oceanid Clymene or the Oceanid Ceto. She married the river god Hydaspes (the modern Jhelum River) and became mother of Deriades, king of the Indians.”
#8939 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“This goat is said to be the offspring of the god Helios; she is so terrifying in appearance that, out of fear, the Titans...had asked Gaia, their mother, to conceal her”
#8960 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5