It would take much cajoling from other gods afterwards to have Helios remount his chariot. ![]() Zeus was forced to intervene to stop the devastation that was being caused by the son of Helios, and Phaethon was killed by a thunderbolt. Flying too close to the ground, the earth became scorched, and flying too high caused other parts of the world to freeze. Helios saw the folly in such a request, but could not get Phaethon to change his mind, but with Phaethon is charge, the chariot veered wildly across the sky. Phaethon though, asked to be allowed to guide Helios’ chariot for one day. Each day, he drove his chariot with four horses across the sky. Thus Phaethon visited Helios to seek confirmation Helios would rashly promise Phaethon whatever he desired, swearing an unbreakable oath to do so. Helios was the personification of the sun, not the sun god Apollo as some people think. When grown up Phaethonwould seek assurances that he was indeed the son of Helios, and not even the words of his mother would reassure him. Arguably the most famous child of Helios though, was born to the Oceanid Clymene, for Clymene bore Helios a son named Phaethon. Helios though tried gentle persuasion, and by causing the traveller to get warmer, the traveller willing removed his clothing. ![]() ![]() Both gods sought to get a passing traveller to remove his clothing, Boreas sought to do so by might, and the wind god blew and blew, but this simply caused the traveller to wrap his clothing more tightly around him. To mediate, Briareus, a Hecatonchire, was brought in to reach a decision thus, Briareus declared that the Isthmus of Cornith would be sacred to Poseidon, and the Acrocorinth, the acropolis of Corinth would be Helios’.įamously, Helios is also appears in Aesop’s Fables, where the Greek sun god competes with Boreas, the Greek god of the North Wind. Helios though was also a competitive god, as indeed where most deities of the Greek pantheon, with two tales are told of his competition with other gods.įirstly, there was a time when Helios and Poseidon competed for the sacrifices of Corinth, and so fierce was this competition that violence was expected.
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