The Companions of Odysseus Steal the Cattle of Helios (fresco by Pellegrino Tibaldi, 1554/56)
"Oxen of the Sun" redirects here. For the episode in James Joyce's novel Ulysses, see Oxen of the Sun (Ulysses episode).
In Greek mythology, the Cattle of Helios (Greek: Ἠελίοιο βόες, Ēelíoio bóes[1]), also called the Oxen of the Sun, are cattle pastured on the island of Thrinacia, or Thrinakia (in later souces identified with Sicily or Malta).[2]
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mythology, the CattleofHelios (Greek: Ἠελίοιο βόες, Ēelíoio bóes), also called the Oxen of the Sun, are cattle pastured on the island of Thrinacia, or...
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Helios (/ˈhiːliəs, -ɒs/; Ancient Greek: Ἥλιος pronounced [hɛ̌ːlios], lit. 'Sun'; Homeric Greek: Ἠέλιος) is the...
Alcyoneus caused the Gigantomachy by stealing the cattleofHelios. Vase paintings suggest a version of the story in which Heracles encounters a sleeping...
Odysseus not to touch the cattleofHelios, but Eurylochus persuades the hungry and mutinous crew to kill and eat some of the god's cattle. As punishment, Odysseus'...
keep our hands off the cattle, for fear that something may befall us. These are the cattle and fat sheep of a dreaded god, Helios, who sees all things and...
is a calque of Antu. British classical scholar Graham Anderson notes that, in the Odyssey, Odysseus's men kill the sacred cattleofHelios and are condemned...
deposits of gold. Myrmidons, ants which transformed into humans. Cattle The Cattleof Geryon, magnificent cattle guarded by Orthrus. The CattleofHelios, immortal...
CattleofHelios pastured on the island of Thrinacia, which is believed to be modern Sicily. Helios, the sun god, is said to have had seven herds of oxen...
was the daughter ofHelios and Neaera. She and her twin sister, Phaethusa, were taken by their mother to guard the cattle and sheep of Thrinacia. She told...
daughter ofHelios and Neaera, the personification of the brilliant, blinding rays of the sun. With her twin sister, Lampetia, she guarded the cattleof Thrinacia...
in the male deity and Selene's brother Helios. It seems however that unlike the Dawn (Eos) and the Sun (Helios), the Moon had very little importance in...
became so frustrated at the heat that he shot an arrow at Helios, the Sun. Helios "in admiration of his courage" gave Heracles the golden cup he used to sail...
the shepherds ofHelios' cattle and sheep on Thrinacia, are instead the daughters ofHelios by Neaera.) When Aphrodite cursed Helios and made him fall...
some believed Deiphonus to have falsely claimed descent from Euenius. CattleofHelios Odyssey Alcyoneus Smith, s.v. Euenius Herodotus, Histories 9.93-94...
Sicily Three-finger salute (Sicilian) Thrinacia, the Homeric island ofHelios' cattle This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...
associated with the underworld. They can also curse men such that the cattleof the sun god Helios would have done if they were harmed by any man, as in Homer's...
guardians of the island, Helios' daughters, tell their father about this. Helios appeals to Zeus telling him to dispose of Odysseus' men or he will go...
aimed an arrow at the Sun. The sun-god Helios, impressed by his audacity, gave Heracles the golden cup that Helios used to sail across the sea from west...
Libyan desert and was so annoyed by the heat he shot an arrow at Helios, the sun. Helios, impressed, lent him his giant cup which Heracles used to find...
locations mentioned in the narratives of Odysseus's adventures have long been debated. Events in the main sequence of the Odyssey take place in the Peloponnese...
73-75. For the iconography of the Alexander–Helios type, see H. Hoffmann, 1963. "Helios", in Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 2, pp....
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