"Poseidon married Amphitrite, and had as children Triton and Rhode, whom Helios made his wife."ĭiodorus Siculus, Library of History 5. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) : And of these one begot he eldest Ialysos (Ialysus), and Kamiros (Camirus) and Lindos and in three parts they divided their father's land, and of three citadels the brothers held each his separate share, and by their three names are the cities called." "There long ago he lay with Rhodes and begot seven sons, endowed beyond all men of old with genius of thoughtful mind. "Praise the sea maid, daughter of Aphrodite, bride of Helios, this isle of Rhodes." ĬLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES HELIUS LOVES : RHODE NAUSIDAME A princess of Elis (southern Greece) who bore Helios the Elean king Aegeas. This or another Leukothoe was the mother of the Andrian lord Thersanon. When their affair was discovered she was sentenced to death by her father. LEUKOTHOE (Leucothoe) A princess of Persia (West Asia) loved by Helios. She was a bride of Helios who bore him seven sons, the Heliadai, and a daughter named Elektryone. RHODE The goddess-nymph of the island of Rhodes (Greek Aegean). PERSEIS The Okeanid-nymph who bore Helios three powerful witches-Aeetes, Pasiphae and Kirke. OKYRHOE (Ocyrhoe) An Okeanid-nymph who bore Helios a son named Phasis. NEAIRA (Neaera) The Okeanid- or Naiad-nymph who was the mother of the Epimelid twins Lampetie and Phaethousa by Helios. KRETE (Crete) A nymph of the Island of Krete who was, according to one author, the mother of Pasiphae by Helios. When he forsook her, she wasted away and was transformed into a sun-loving heliotrope flower. KLYTIE (Clytia) An Okeanid-nymph loved by Helios. KLYMENE (Clymene) The Okeanid-nymph wife of Helios who bore him a son, Phaethon, and daughters named Heliades. ![]() KETO (Ceto) The Okeanid-nymph mother of the Indian nymph Astris by Helios. (Most, however, describe these as daughters of Zeus and Eurynome.) ĪNAXIBIA A Naiad-nymph of the Indian river Ganges who fled the advances of Helios and was hidden away by Artemis inside the mountain Koryphe. ![]() ĪIGLE (Aegle) The nymph mother of the Kharites (Graces) by Helios. SELENE The goddess of the moon was, according to some, the mother of the Horai of the four seasons by her brother Helios. Athene was identified by the writer with the island-goddess Rhode and the Korybantes with the Heliadai. The most significant of his consorts were Klymene, mother of Phaethon, and Rhode, the eponymous goddess-nymph of Rhodes.ĪTHENE (Athena) The Olympian goddess was, according to one author, the mother of the Rhodian Korybantes or Telkhines by Helios. Many of these were purely genealogical with no story attached. This page describes the loves of the god. Sol Helius the sun, Greco-Roman mosaic, Archaeological Museum of Sparta
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