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According to one version recorded by Hyginus, there were seven Heliades: Merope, Helie, Aegle, Lampetia, Phoebe, Aetherie and Dioxippe. [2] Aeschylus's fragmentary Heliades [3] names Phaethousa and Lampetia, who are otherwise called daughters of Neaera. [4]
Tenages was the most highly endowed of the Heliadae, and was eventually killed by Macareus, Candalus, Triopas and Actis. This is attributed to their jealousy of his skills at science.
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Argos, loyal hunting dog of Odysseus.; Laertes, father of Odysseus.; Penelope, Odysseus' faithful wife.She uses her quick wits to put off her many suitors and remain loyal to her errant husband.
The name "Phaethon", which means "Shining One", [82] was given also to Phaethon of Syria, to one of the horses of Eos (the Dawn), the Sun, the constellation Auriga, and the planet Jupiter, while as an adjective it was used to describe the sun and the moon. [83] In some accounts the planet referred to by this name is not Jupiter but Saturn. [84]
Hyginus records another version of Phaethon's parentage, which he attributes to Hesiod; according to him, Phaethon was the son of an Oceanid named Merope and Clymenus (a reversal of the usual names Merops and Clymene), who is the son of Helios by an unnamed mother, [26] [27] thus making Helios and Phaethon grandfather and grandson. The ...
Phoebe, one of the Heliades. [6] Phoebe, a Spartan princess who was the daughter of King Tyndareus and Leda, daughter of King Thestius of Pleuron. She was the (half-)sister of Castor and Pollux, Helen, Clytemnestra, Timandra and Philonoe. [7] Phoebe, one of the Amazons who fought against Heracles. [8] Phoebe, an epithet of Artemis, also shared ...
Aegle, one of the Heliades, a sister of Phaeton, and daughter of Helios and Clymene. [8] In her grief at the death of her brother she and her sisters were changed into poplars. Aegle, one of the Hesperides. [9] Aegle, another name of Coronis, daughter of Phlegyas and lover of Apollo. [10] Aegle, was a daughter of Panopeus, the Phocian hero.