Greek silver kylix depicting Helios and a chariot, 3rd C. BCE
"[Helios the Sun] rides his chariot, he shines upon men and deathless Gods, and piercingly he gazes with his eyes from his golden helmet. Bright rays beam dazzlingly from him, and his bright locks streaming from the temples of his head gracefully enclose his far-seen face: a rich, fine-spun garment glows upon his body and flutters in the wind : and stallions carry him. Then, when he has stayed his golden-yoked chariot and horses, he rests there upon the highest point of heaven, until he marvellously drives them down again through heaven to Okeanos (Oceanus)."
-Homeric Hymn 31 to Helius (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C7th - 4th B.C.)
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| Greek silver kylix depicting Helios and a chariot, 3rd C. BCE. From Crimea, environs of Kerch. |
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