All 9 Uses of
Helios
in
The Odyssey
- Ares had showered her with gifts
and showered Hephaestus' marriage bed with shame
but a messenger ran to tell the god of fire—
Helios, lord of the sun, who'd spied the couple
lost in each other's arms and making love.†p. 200.2 *
- There you will find them grazing,
herds and fat flocks, the cattle of Helios,
god of the sun who sees all, hears all things.†p. 253.1
- And goddesses herd them on,
nymphs with glinting hair, Phaethusa, Lampetie,
born to the Sungod Helios by radiant Neaera.†p. 275.6
- Now with a sharp sword I sliced an ample wheel of beeswax
down into pieces, kneaded them in my two strong hands
and the wax soon grew soft, worked by my strength
and Helios' burning rays, the sun at high noon,
and I stopped the ears of my comrades one by one.†p. 276.9
- But now, at last,
putting the Rocks, Scylla and dread Charybdis far astern,
we quickly reached the good green island of the Sun
where Helios, lord Hyperion, keeps his fine cattle,
broad in the brow, and flocks of purebred sheep.†p. 279.6
- The cattle, the sleek flocks, belong to an awesome master,
Helios, god of the sun who sees all, hears all things.'†p. 281.3
- So up with you now,
let's drive off the pick of Helios' sleek herds,
slaughter them to the gods who rule the skies up there.†p. 281.9
- Quick as a flash
with her flaring robes Lampetie sped the news
to the Sun on high that we had killed his herds
and Helios burst out in rage to all the immortals:
'Father Zeus!†p. 282.9
- Zeus and Helios raged, dead set against Odysseus
for his men-at-arms had killed the cattle of the Sun,
so down to the last hand they drowned in crashing seas.†p. 399.5
Definition:
Greek sun god who drove his golden chariot across the sky each day