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Helios

also: Ἠέλιος, Ἥλιος, the Sun, son of Hyperion

The sun-god, who sees all things from the sky; he tells Demeter the truth of Persephone's abduction (Hymn 2) and receives his own hymn (31), where he is son of Hyperion and Euryphaessa.

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Mentioned in 5 works (118 mentions)

The Iliad poem · 41 mentions
The Odyssey poem · 60 mentions
The Homeric Hymns poem · 15 mentions
The Epigrams of Homer poem · 1 mention
The Battle of Frogs and Mice poem · 1 mention

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