#Helios*

[tenoart]

Helios and his cattle

[simoondraws]

Helios is showing his cute cows to Apollo 😌

[solchariot]

I know how it feels to be trapped.

[hymnoeides]

@solchariot ‘s Hermes and Helios heh >:3

[just-an-enby-lemon]

After God Games

Helios: The sirens?

Apollo: I was taken by surprise, okay? Dad just popped me into the arena and went "yo fight your sister about Odyseus or something".

Helios: And you didn't consider my cows as a reason?

Apollo: I panicked!? And the sirens do write bangers.

Helios: After I considered you as my sucessor!

Apollo: Look, honey, Hector was my champion and I didn't even considered Troy a reason. Is nothing personal.

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Lord Frederic Leighton (British, 1830-1896) Helios and Rhodes, n.d. Helios fell in love with the sea nymph, Rhode, daughter of Poseidon, and they lived together on Rhodes as protector god and goddess, with Helios naming the island in her honour. They had seven sons, known collectively as the Heliadae, and a daughter, Electryone. Mycenaean Greeks and Minoans generally depicted women with pale or white skin and men with tanned skin. Male warriors like Odysseus were usually described as having sun-browned or bronzed skin.

[noughtlux]

The Struggle with the Sun Drawings 8.5 x 8 cm 2024

[gotstabbedbyapen]

Why Apollo actually didn't have beef with Odysseus (spoiler for the Wisdom Saga)

Heads up, fellas: The rambling below contains spoiler for Epic the Wisdom Saga!

As we may know, in God Games, Athena needed to convince half of the Olympian council to approve Odysseus' release from Calypso's island. Apollo is the first god Athena encountered and the easiest for her to convince.

Now, why is that? Why does Apollo's beef with Odysseus seem way too easy to rebuke? He barely has any connection with the Sirens aside from the catchy songs, so why did he use them to "accuse" Odysseus (heavy on the quote-unquote because he barely even tried) and not the sacking of Troy, the murder of Astyanax, or the violation of the cows?

Here's my theory: Apollo has no real grudges against Odysseus. Apollo has every reason to be mad with the mentioned instances, but he is also the god of reason and rationality and knows there is no point in being angry.

First, as far as I know, Odysseus had not directly offended Apollo in the Trojan War or during his journey home. Apollo won't just harm anyone, he'd only take retribution against those who disrespected him greatly.

Second, the City of Troy had always been destined to fall so if it wasn't for Odysseus' wooden horse, someone else would have caused its demise. Apollo can't fault Odysseus for being part of the city's inevitable destiny.

Third, Apollo should be mad at Odysseus for killing an infant because he's the protector of the young, right? Well, in The Horse and The Infant, it was Zeus who told Odysseus that Astyanax was prophesied to take revenge on the Greek kings when he grew up, and he had to kill the infant to prevent that. Apollo is not one to go against his father's decree, so he wouldn't be mad at Odysseus for following suit.

(And if you look from a mythological standpoint, if Astyanax actually grew up to cause destruction to the Trojan War survivors, imagine how many sons and daughters of the Greek kings would suffer because the prophesied one was spared.)

Finally, why was he not mad with the cow thing??? Simple!

The cows were not even Apollo's, but Helios'. Apollo already gave his cows to Hermes in exchange for the lyre. So when Odysseus' crew killed the cows, they offended Helios, not Apollo. Of course, you could say Apollo should be mad on Helios' behalf, but that'll take us to point 2...

The crew killed the cows while Odysseus begged them to not. Odysseus didn't commit the crime or enable it, so he was in the clear. And lastly...

Odysseus' crew were already punished by death and Odysseus was left drifting in the sea and stuck on Calypso's island for seven years to the point of driven insane, so whatever "association" he could possibly have with the violation of the cows should be paid enough.

All that aside, Apollo has little to no beef with Odysseus and only makes up a flimsy "reason" to be mad out of obligation. He didn't care about bringing justice to Athena's favorite mortal, he probably only wanted to have fun in the family drama because hey, how often do you get to see your oldest sister asking for a favor from your King-god father?

[n0ahs-ark]

need Hera religiously, im just saying if Zeus doesn't want her i'd be happy to

[sailorsenshigifs]

[sapphire-of-midgard]

gow textposts that have been sitting in my camera roll rent free for far too long

[basilbots]

When an animatronic is born from a small string of code, evolving and growing on its own, their mindscape form reflects this. A small and young thing still learning, and not able to understand things like a fully developed animatronic can. For the short amount of time animatronics are like this, if they are at all, there will be someone to guide them… most of the time anyway.

Helios' Sun, Eos, very much took on a mom role finding them when they were in this young state. It only lasted a few months before he was fully developed but Eos practically raised him. Eclipse in contrast... He was hidden behind the lock Moon put up during that time, angry and confused and alone.

[simoondraws]

Okay, okay, so many of you wanted more stuff with Helios

Take him 🧑‍🍳✨

[solchariot]

thrinacia

[ochiody]

@stardayzzing hi i drew ur helios hope you dont mind

[stardayzzing]

[Helios & Apollo]

Quick doodle of the ketchup and mustard gang (the COLOR pallets Im a mess)

This is, I guess like,,, a teaser to my actual Apollo design? Because he has an adult design,,

I've been debating doodling little comics and scenarios and expanding the ideas I have for my silly little version of greek mythos as a family djdj

Quick Disclaimer: The Greek Gods are deities and similar that I actually really do respect. I pay tribute to Persephone even :) My art and designs are just fun little versions I like to shake around like dolls and in the concept of like one big complicated fictional family which is different than the /actual/ gods and how I view them!