- Helios – Mythopedia
Helios, son of Hyperion and Theia, was the personification of the sun and a god of the day Crowned with rays of golden sunlight and riding his blazing chariot, Helios represented the sun’s daily journey across the sky
- Hyperion – Mythopedia
Hyperion was a Greek Titan who, along with most of his siblings, fought for the right to rule the cosmos but lost to the Olympians Rarely mentioned in myths, he is best known for fathering the gods of the sun, moon, and dawn
- Phaethon – Mythopedia
Phaethon was a mortal child of the sun god Helios who foolishly wished to ride his father’s chariot across the sky Unfortunately, he lost control of the divine chariot, causing immense damage to the earth and ultimately falling to his death
- Theia – Mythopedia
Theia was one of the Greek Titans who fought against the Olympians in their celestial war, the Titanomachy She married her brother Hyperion and eventually gave birth to the gods of the sun, the moon, and the dawn
- Selene – Mythopedia
Selene, daughter of Hyperion and Theia, was the personification of the moon and a goddess of the night The love of her life was the handsome Endymion, who became Selene’s eternally slumbering consort
- Eos – Mythopedia
Eos, daughter of Hyperion and Theia, was the goddess of the dawn; she rode her chariot across the sky at the beginning of each day, dispersing the night Eos took many mortal lovers, including the handsome prince Tithonus, whom she inadvertently doomed to a terrible fate
- Homeric Hymns: 31. To Helius (Full Text) - Mythopedia
TO HELIOS (1–19) And now, O Muse Calliope, daughter of Zeus, begin to sing of glowing Helios whom mild-eyed Euryphaessa, the far- shining one, bare to the Son of Earth and starry Heaven For Hyperion wedded glorious Euryphaessa, his own sister, who bare him lovely children, rosy-armed Eos and rich-tressed Selene and tireless Helios who is like the deathless gods As he rides in his chariot
- Aeetes – Mythopedia
Aeetes—powerful, proud, and paranoid son of Helios—was the ruler of the city of Colchis He is best remembered for owning the famous Golden Fleece, which he jealously guarded until it was stolen by Jason and the Argonauts
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