He was a son of Helios and the island-goddess Rhode. KANDALOS (Candalus) One of seven co-kings of the island of Rhodes (Greek Aegean). According to some he was a son of Helios and Rhode (though others describe him instead as a grandson of the god). KAMIROS (Camirus) One of three co-kings of the island of Rhodes (Greek Aegean) and eponym of the city of Kamiros. They were sons of Helios and the island-goddess Rhode. HELIADAI (Heliadae) The first seven kings of the island of Rhodes. She was a daughter of Helios and the island-goddess Rhodes. He was a son of Helios and the island-goddess Rhode.ĪLOIOS (Aloeus) A king of Korinthos (southern Greece) who received the throne from his father Helios.ĪUGEIAS (Augeas) A king of Elis (southern Greece), son of Helios and Nausidame.ĮLEKTRYONE (Electryone) A princess of the island of Rhodes (Greek Aegean). He was probably the same as Triopas of whom the same story is told.ĪKTIS (Actis) One of seven co-kings of the island of Rhodes (Greek Aegean). He was a son of the Okeanid-nymph Perseis and brother of the witches Pasiphae and Kirke.ĪITHON (Aethon) A man who chopped down a sacred grove of the goddess Demeter and was punished with unquenchable hunger. TELKHINES (Telchines) Daimon-magicians of the island of Rhodes which were sometimes described as sons of Helios and the Rhodian Athena.ĪEETES A witch-king of Kolkhis (eastern Black Sea) who was granted a wealth of magical gifts by his father Helios. SELENE The goddess of the moon was sometimes called a daughter of Helios rather than his sister. She was a daughter of Helios by the nymph Neaira. PHAETHOUSA (Phaethusa) A Nnymph who tended her father's immortal herds of cattle on the sacred island of Thrinakie.
She was a daughter of Helios and Perseis. PASIPHAE A witch-queen of the island of Krete (Greek Aegean). LAMPETIE (Lampetia) A nymph who tended her father's immortal flocks of sheep on the sacred island of Thrinakie. KIRKE (Circe) A goddess-witch of the island of Aiaia was a daughter of Helios and the Okeanid-nymph Perseis. (Most, however, describe them as daughters of Zeus and Eurynome.) KHARITES (Charites) The goddesses of grace and beauty were occassionally called daughters of Helios and Aigle. HORAI 2 (Horae) The goddesses of the twelve hours were sometimes called daughters of Helios (though others say their father was Khronos the god of time). (Most however describe them as daughters of Zeus and Themis.) HORAI 1 (Horae) The goddesses of the four seasons were daughters of Helios (Sun) and Selene (Moon). They were transformed by their father into amber-weeping poplar trees to ease their grief. HELIADES The nymph sisters of Phaethon, the boy who tried to drive the chariot of the sun, were daughters of Helios and Klymene. She was a daughter of Helios and the Okeanid-nymph Keto or Klymene. The references below are ordered geographically by the kingdoms of the mythic age.ĪIX (Aex) A Gorgon nymph daughter of Helios whose face was so terrifying to behold, that the ruling Titans ordered she be hidden away within the earth.ĪSTRIS The nymph wife of the Indian river-god Hydaspes and ancestress of the Indian royal family. He was commonly portrayed as the ancestor of eastern royal houses-such as those of Kolkhis (Colchis), Persia and India-and as the father of witches and sorcerors. Most of these were simply listed as such in the ancient genealogies with no specific stories describing their birth or otherwise connecting them with the god.
Sol Helius, Selene and the Horae of the seasons, Greco-Roman mosaic A.D.
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