Helios

Greek god and personification of the Sun HeliosGod and personification of the SunHelios in his chariot, early 4th century BC, Athena's temple, IlionMajor cult centerRhodes, CorinthiaPlanetSunAnimalsHorse, rooster, wolf, cattle, serpentSymbolSun, chariot, horses, aureole, whip, heliotropium, frankincense, globe, cornucopia, ripened fruitMountA chariot driven by four white horsesFestivalsHaliaGenealogyParentsHyperion and TheiaSiblingsSelene and EosEquivalentsRomanSol, Sol Invictus Part of a series onAncient Greek religion Origins Minoan religion Mycenaean deities Mycenaean religion Sacred placesSacred islands Delos Ithaca Naxos Kythira Samothrace Crete Lemnos Sacred mountains Mount Lykaion Mount Ida (Turkey) Mount Ida (Crete) Mount Olympus Mount Kyllini Mount Othrys Sanctuaries Aornum Delphi Didyma Dion Dodona Eleusis Olympia Other Cave of Zeus Troy Deities Twelve Olympians Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Demeter Dionysus Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Poseidon Zeus Other deities Alpheus Amphitrite Asclepius Boreas Circe Cybele Deimos Eileithyia Enyo Eos Erinyes Eris Eros Gaia Hades Harmonia Hebe Hecate Helios Heracles Iacchus Iris Leto Maia Metis Nemesis Nereus Nike Nyx Pan Pers