tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post6040640730941870680..comments2024-03-19T02:33:47.400-07:00Comments on Baring the Aegis: Introducing Hēlios, the sunElani Temperancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05611003885755154591noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post-37735309655080675312014-12-20T10:01:50.448-08:002014-12-20T10:01:50.448-08:00From Theoi.com: "Theia" means "Sigh...From Theoi.com: "Theia" means "Sight" or "Prophecy":<br />http://www.theoi.com/Titan/TitanisTheia.html<br />"Goddess" is "thea", similar but without the "i".<br />I don't want the trouble of trying Greek letters here, but find in original and check Theogony 135 for Theia vs. Iliad 1:1 for Thea.Maya Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877457709995369246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post-70799248206661071062012-12-21T10:10:13.179-08:002012-12-21T10:10:13.179-08:00Apollo is definitely a solar Deity, but Helios has...Apollo is definitely a solar Deity, but Helios has dibs ;) I'm glad you got something out of this post. Thank you for your comment!Elani Temperancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05611003885755154591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post-2481544986056422662012-12-21T06:48:10.990-08:002012-12-21T06:48:10.990-08:00thanks for this awesoem info, i always have worshi...thanks for this awesoem info, i always have worshipped Apollo as being teh all seeing etc, but I am now coming to terms with Helios being separate from Apollo UltravioletAngelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07349843020572400422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post-35419413618411364052012-12-19T13:17:04.101-08:002012-12-19T13:17:04.101-08:00I think your methods would work very well for many...I think your methods would work very well for many Hellenists. Plato's thoughts on this are interesting, indeed, and there is a lot of truth to them. Like I said, the two are interlinked, but hardly the same. Worshipping Them together makes sense, though. They travel together as well. <br />Worshipping Apollo and/or Helios in Alaska sounds like a challenge, indeed! Good luck during the dark months, and be careful not to miss your tiny window of opportunity ;)<br />Thank you for your comment!Elani Temperancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05611003885755154591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post-91944893093979208212012-12-19T11:31:18.393-08:002012-12-19T11:31:18.393-08:00I tend to give worship to Helios when I do my morn...I tend to give worship to Helios when I do my morning and evening rituals to Apollon. I don't maintain an altar for him distinctly but rather have been setting up a small corner of Apollon's altar for him and I have been working on some designs for a small image of Helios to be set there for his associations with Apollon. I think of Helios in terms in which Plato describes the hosts of the gods, and that each Olympian had within his host a number of gods which are aligned to his domain (my paraphrase). Thus Helios is linked to Apollon but is of course an entirely separate divine being. I have always said for folks to reduce Apollon into the same identity of Helios is a disservice to both gods, but to honor them together is another thing.<br />In any case most of my prayers to Helios are done outside with gaze directed to the rising, or setting sun, something which gets harder to do in the winter here in Alaska with how late the sun rises and how early it sets lol. Helios just barely skims above the horizon :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com