Helius

deity sky Greek single tradition · 2

Helius is the Greek god of the Sun. His name literally means "Sun."

↻ synthesized from 2 sources

When

First attested
800 BCE
Attested period
-800 – 200
Historical notes
Archaic to Roman period.

Relationships

co occurs with
Lyceus, Phanaeus, Phoebus, Aegletes
syncretized with
Sol

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Sources

Source passages

“Helius ( HEE-lee-əs; Ἥλιος, Helios), literally "Sun"”

#16405 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“the second century AD author Lucian called it "the city of Helius with a beauty in keeping with that god."”

#46127 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free