ἠέλιος

ἠέλιος, ὁ, ion. u. poet. = ἥλιος.

ἠέλιος

-ου, ὁ. Also Ἥλιος Od. 8.271. Ἠέλιος as voc. Il. 3.277.

• • 1

    The sun.

  • • a

      ἅμʼ ἠελίῳ καταδύντι (at sunset) Il. 1.592, ἠ. ἐπέλαμψεν Il. 17.650. Cf. Il. 1.475, Il. 4.44, Il. 5.267, Il. 8.485, 538, Il. 10.547, Il. 14.185, etc.: Od. 2.181, Od. 4.45, Od. 6.98, Od. 7.124, Od. 10.160, Od. 15.404, Od. 20.356, etc.

    • b

      ὑπʼ αὐγὰς ἠελίοιο, in the upper world, among the living Od. 11.498, 619, Od. 15.349.

      Of seeing the sun, i.e. of living: δηρὸν ἔτʼ ὄψεσθαι φάος ἠελίοιο Il. 5.120. Cf. Il. 18.61 = 442, Il. 24.558: Od. 4.540 = Od. 10.498, Od. 4.833, Od. 14.44 = Od. 20.207.

      Sim. of being born: ἠελίου ἴδεν αὐγάς Il. 16.188.

      Of leaving the sun, i.e. of dying: λείψειν (λιπὼν) φάος ἠελίοιο Il. 18.11: Od. 11.93.

  • 2

    The quarter of the rising sun, the east: πρὸς ἠῶ τʼ ἠέλιόν τε Il. 12.239: Od. 9.26, Od. 13.240.

  • 3

    The sun-god: Ἠ. ὃς πάντʼ ἐφορᾷς Il. 3.277. Cf. Il. 3.104, Il. 8.480, Il. 14.344, Il. 19.197, etc.: βοῦς Ὑπερίονος Ἠελίοιο Od. 1.8. Cf. Od. 3.1, Od. 8.271, Od. 10.138, Od. 11.16, 109, Od. 12.133, Od. 19.276, Od. 24.12, etc.

ἠέλιος : the sun; of rising, ἀνιέναι, ἀνορούειν, Od. 3.1; ἀνανεῖσθαι, Od. 10.192; στείχειν πρὸς οὐρανόν, Od. 11.17; noon, μέσον οὐρανὸν ἀμφιβαίνειν, Il. 8.68; afternoon, μετανίσσειν βουλῡτόνδε, Il. 16.779; ἄψ ἐπὶ γαῖαν προτρέπεσθαι, Od. 11.18; setting, δύειν, ἐπιδύειν, καταδύειν, ἐμπίπτειν Ὠκεανῷ, Il. 8.485; of shining, ἐπιλάμπειν, ἀκτῖσι βάλλειν, ἐπιδέρκεσθαι ἀκτίνεσσιν, also φάος ἠελίοιο, often as typical of life, Od. 11.93, Il. 18.11, 61, Od. 4.540; αὐγή, αἴγλη, μένος, Il. 23.190, Od. 10.160; epithets, ἀκάμᾱς, λαμπρός, λευκός, παμφανόων, φαεσίμβροτος. Expressions for east and west, Od. 13.240, Il. 12.239, Od. 10.191.—Ἠέλιος, Ἥλιος (Od. 8.271), Helius, the sun-god, son of Hyperion, Od. 12.176, Od. 1.8; father of Circe, and of Phaethūsa and Lampetie, Od. 10.138, Od. 12.133; propitiated by sacrifice, Il. 3.104, Il. 19.197; oath by the sun, Il. 19.259; the kine of Helius, Od. 12.128, 322, Od. 19.276, Od. 23.329.