Heliads
The sisters of Phaeton by Santi di Tito, transformed into poplars . Fresco in the Palazzo Vecchio , 2nd half of the 16th century.
The Heliads ( ancient Greek Ἡλιάδες Heliádes , German 'sun daughters' ) are the daughters of Helios in Greek mythology : Phaetusa , Lampetia , Aigle , sisters of Phaeton , to whom they harnessed the sun chariot without Helios' permission, with which he then crashed, became out Punishment for it or out of pity, because they wept inconsolably for the death of their brother, turned into poplars (or alders or sweetgum trees ). Amber emerged from their tears , because even as trees they exuded golden tears.
| Helios | Clymene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aigle | Phaetusa | Lampetia | Phaeton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The seven wise sons of Helios and Rhode are called Heliadai .
swell
- Ovid , Metamorphoses II, 340-366
literature
- Wilhelm Drexler : Heliades . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,2, Leipzig 1890, Sp. 1982-1984 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Heliaden in the Theoi Project (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Virgil Eklogen 6.63
- ↑ Guus Houtzager: Illustrated Greek Mythology Encyclopedia . Edition Dörfler im Nebelverlag, Eggolsheim 2006, ISBN 978-3-89555-400-1 , p. 206 (Dutch: Geïlustreerde Griekse mythologie encyclopedie . Translated by Michael Meyer).