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@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-07-27 10:31:39

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It's the #DayOfHelios / Sol's Day / #Sunday! ☀️
"The Corinthians say that Poseidon had a dispute with Helios (the Sun) about the land [of Korinthia], and that Briareos [one of the Hekatoncheires] arbitrated between them, assigning to Poseidon the Isthmos and the parts adjoining…

Ceiling coffer from the 'Captives Facade' of the North Basilica of Ancient Corinth. A coffer is a sunken panel in a ceiling that is part of a series of grids that create a geometric pattern. It shows Helios, the Sun, with his iconic seven-spiked sun-ray crown. His hair is curly and of shoulder-length. He wears a chiton or a cloak that would be pinned over his right shoulder but the shoulder chipped off.

@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-08-24 10:27:43

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"And there grew up from the watery wave this island, and great Helios who begets the fierce rays of the sun, holds her in his dominion, that ruler of the horses breathing fire.
There long ago he lay with Rhodes and begot seve…

Photo of the head of a sculpture of Helios from his cult centre on the island of Rhodes. He has short, curly hair and seven spikes emerge from his head, as rays of sunlight.

@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-06-22 10:27:25

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It's the #DayOfHelios / Sol's Day / #Sunday! ☀️
Yesterday was the #SummerSolstice here in Europe, marking Helios' longest work day.
"For Helios' lot is toil ev…

Colossal sculpture of the Sun God Helios from the late Roman Imperial period. It weighed 2.5 tons. A detail of the sculpture is shown in the photo, showing him from head to mid-torso. His head has short, curly hair and stern eyes. He wears a cloak pinned over his right shoulder, leaving one nipple bare. His arms are at his sides, possibly holding the reins of his chariot and a riding crop off screen.

@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-07-20 10:31:17

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"O Father Zeus, O blessed and immortal gods, take vengeance on the crew of Laertes' son Odysseus; in their lawlessness they have slain the cattle in which I always took delight, both as I climbed the starry sky and as I took m…

Bronze statuette of Helios, the sun god. The sun god is young and beardless but powerful, with a lion-like mane of hair. Like Alexander, he was imagined as fast-moving and far-seeing. Beams of light, of which only one remains, originally radiated from his head. Helios travelled through the heavens in a chariot, and he probably once held a whip in his left hand around which also drapes his himation. His right arm is raised, maybe holding the reins of his chariot.

@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-08-17 10:29:19

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It's the #DayOfHelios / Sol's Day / #Sunday! ☀️
"Sol puts on his diadem of myriad rays and the corselet woven of twelve stars [the zodiac constellations] and bound by the belt which athwart the rain-clouds shows for men its many hued bow."
Valerius Flaccus, Argonautic…

Mosaic of Helios as part of the Mosaic of the Planetarium. We see his bust inside a circle, decorated by an outer circle of decorative leaves. Helios wears a dark fabric on his right shoulder, likely a chlamys cloak. His curly hair falls to his shoulders and his head is illuminated by an aureola with 12 spikes.

@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-06-15 10:25:47

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"Having kissed #Apollon, Branchos received a garland and a wand of laurel and began to prophesy."
Varro, Antiquitates re…

A coloured drawing of a modern Apollo dressed in a pink crop top with the words "Move, I'm Bi" on it and low-cut jeans. His hair is dyed blue at the tips and he wears a cloak in the colours of the bisexual flag.

@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-07-13 10:30:52

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"Against Phineus once on a time was the Titan Phaethon [Helios] angered, wroth for the victory of [Phineus] the prophet of Phoibos [Apollon], and robbed him of his sight and sent the shameless Harpies, a winged race to dwell with …

Marble bust of the god Helios. His left shoulder is missing. He has curly hair and there are holes that were used for the attachment of a sun-ray crown.

@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-08-10 10:30:14

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"[#Helios the Sun] rides his chariot, he shines upon men and deathless gods, and piercingly he gazes with his eyes from his golden he…

A happy, smiling Helios is driving his horses with a riding crop on the relief on a silver kylix. The horses are prancing over a flowery medow, drawing he sun wagon behind them. Helios is wearing a gilded chiton and cloak and a nine-spiked sun ray crown.

@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-06-08 10:24:59

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"Hyakinthos was loved by Apollon, who accidentally killed him while hurling a discus."
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca
🎨 Apollon and Hyakinthos by Gretassoul

Drawing of Apollon, wearing a laurel crown, kissing Hyakinthos.

@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-07-06 10:29:52

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"When Arge, a huntress, was pursuing a stag, she is said to have told it: ‘Though you equal the speed of the Sun (Sol), yet I will catch up with you.’ Sol, in anger, changed her into a doe."
Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 205…

Relief of Sol, the Roman sun god. H has curly hair and wears a cloak pinned over his right shoulder. His head is crowned with a seven-spiked aureola. An inscription starting with "DEO SOLI INVICT..." can be read above the relief.

@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-08-03 10:31:40

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"All the Children of Helios (the Sun) were easy to recognise, even from a distance, by their flashing eyes, which shot out rays of golden light."
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.726
🏛️ Gold stater of Tarentum wit…

Radiate head of Helios minted on a gold coin. He has curly hair and a 14-spiked aureola around his head. He is looking towards his left.

@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-06-01 10:22:17

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It's the #DayOfHelios / Sol's Day / #Sunday! ☀️🌈
"Poseidon and Helios might be said to be rivals. [...] And it may be that #Helios was vexed at the boy [

Black-and-white drawing of Nerites, a youthful sea god with the torso of a man, long hair in a pony tail and claw-like fingers. He is reclining on a bed of sea grass. Helios lies on top of him, his head encircled by a bright aureola. Helios is giving him fellatio off screen.

@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-06-29 10:28:56

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It's the #DayOfHelios / Sol's Day / #Sunday! ☀️🌈
Apollon and Helios are distinct deities but Apollon is a sun god too.
"He [Magnes of Thessalia] had a son of remarkable beauty, Hymenaios. And when

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