Solar Apollo with Helio's halo
“Helios” is just the Greek word for sun. He was also worshipped as a god द्वारा the Greek, especially in Rhodes. He is connected with घोड़े and chariots and sometimes with cattle. He is usually called the son of the Titans Hyperion and Theia या Euryphaesssa. Prominent children ascribed to him are Phaeton, King Aeetes of Colchis, and Circe.
“Apollo” (when we first see him in Homer and other early sources) is a god of archery, hunting, prophecy, lyre-music, and dancing. He is also god of cattle-herding and plague. He is never connected with the sun. And this stays almost entirely true in...
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