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In the Homeric epics, his most notable role is the one he plays in the Odyssey, where Odysseus' men despite his warnings impiously kill and eat his sacred cattle the god kept at Thrinacia, his sacred island. Other than this myth, Helios occasionally appears in myths of other characters, witnessing oaths or interacting with other gods and mortals.

As expected, the ride was disastrous and Zeus struck the youth with one of his lightning bolts to stop him from burning or freezing the earth beyond salvation. Although Helios warned his son again and again against this choice, explaining to him the dangers of such a journey that no other god but him was capable to bring about, Phaethon was hard to deter, and thus Helios was forced to hand him the reins. Helios' most notable role in Greek mythology is the story of his mortal son Phaethon who asked his father for a favor Helios agreed, but then Phaethon asked for the privilege to drive his four-horse fiery chariot across the skies for a single day. Helios figures prominently in several works of Greek mythology, poetry, and literature, in which he is often described as the son of the Titans Hyperion and Theia and brother of the goddesses Selene (the Moon) and Eos (the Dawn).

Many including: Clymene, Clytie, Perse, Rhodos, and LeucotheaĪchelous, Acheron, Actis, Aeëtes, Aex, Aegiale, Aegle, Aetheria, Aethon, Aloeus, Astris, Augeas, Bisaltes, Candalus, Cercaphus, the Charites, Chrysus, Cheimon, Circe, Clymenus, the Corybantes, Cos, Dioxippe, Dirce, Eiar, Electryone, Helia, Hemera, Ichnaea, Lampetia, Lelex, Macareus, Mausolus, Merope, Ochimus, Pasiphaë, Perses, Phaethon, Phaethusa, Phasis, Phoebe, Phorbas, Phthinoporon, Sterope, Tenages, Theros, Thersanon and Triopas Sun, chariot, horses, aureole, whip, heliotropium, globe, cornucopia, ripened fruit

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Modern reception Postclassical art and literature Books Webcomic Video Games Music.

Namesakes In astronomy In science In taxonomy In spaceflight In wine-making In media.

In post-antiquity art In painting In literature.

Iconography Depiction and symbols Late Roman era.

Identification with other gods Apollo Usil Zeus Hades Cronus.

Worship Cult Archaic and Classical Athens Hellenistic period Rhodes Peloponnese Elsewhere Other functions In oath-keeping In magic In dreams Late antiquity In the Greek Magical Papyri Epithets.

Mythology God of the Sun Rising and Setting Disrupted schedule Solar eclipses Horses of Helios Awarding of Rhodes Phaethon The Watchman Persephone Ares and Aphrodite Leucothoe and Clytie Other Involvement in wars The Titanomachy The Gigantomachy Clashes and punishments Gods Mortals Oxen of the Sun Odyssey Other works Consorts and children.

Origins Proto-Indo-European origin Phoenician influence Egyptian influence.Name Etymology and variants Other meanings.