Helios

Olympian solar charioteer

Helios is the Greek god of the sun, depicted driving a chariot across the sky each day.

In classical mythology, he sees and hears everything from his vantage point above the earth.

The name appears in scientific terms like heliocentric and heliosphere.

Helios was invoked as a witness to oaths, since nothing escaped his sight. (Lowercase helios occasionally appears as a poetic term for the sun.)

deity

Apollo

Sun deity, moonshot namesake

immortal · all-seeing · omniscient · patron · invocation · hymn · prayer · offering · temple · shrine

mythology

Titan

Mythic giant or moon

  • HyperionTitan of celestial light
  • SeleneGreek personification of nighttime orb
  • GreekOf Athenian origin

Olympian · Homer · Colossus · Rhodes · pantheon · mythos · oracle · cult · epithet · altar

chariot

horses

Large domesticated hoofed mammals

  • quadrigaChariot with four abreast
  • reinsBit-attached steering straps
  • goldenBright yellow, or precious

sky · journey · dawn · twilight · ascend · descend · path · celestial · fiery · steeds

Categories
Opposites
celestial body personification

HeliosSelene

Greek personification of nighttime orb

Luna · Artemis · Phoebe · Hecate · Cynthia

time of day association

HeliosErebus

Personified primordial darkness

Selene · night · Hypnos · darkness · Morpheus

elemental/natural force

HeliosOceanus

Titan personifying earth's river-boundary

Poseidon · Pontus · Erebus · Tartarus · Chaos

Phrases
Family

heliotrope, perihelion, aphelion, heliosphere, heliograph, heliocentric, heliocentrism, Heliopolis

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