Since the time of Euripides Helios, as the all-seeing god of the Sun, they began to be identified with Apollo, the all-knowing god-soothsayer; hence another name for Helios - Phoebos. In Therekides of Syria, Helios is identified with Zeus, in Theagen - with Hephaestus, Apollo and fire.
Since the time of Euripides Helios, as the all-seeing god of the Sun, they began to be identified with Apollo, the all-knowing god-soothsayer; hence another name for Helios - Phoebos. In Therekides of Syria, Helios is identified with Zeus, in Theagen - with Hephaestus, Apollo and fire.