Editing Helios (section)

==== Peloponnese ====
The scattering of cults in [[Sicyon]], [[Argos, Peloponnese|Argos]], [[Hermione (Argolis)|Hermione]], [[Epidaurus]] and [[Laconia]] seem to suggest that Helios was considerably important in Dorian religion, compared to other parts of ancient Greece. It may have been the Dorians who brought his worship to Rhodes.<ref name=":largdn2">Larson, Jennifer. "A Land Full of Gods: Nature Deities in Greek Religion". In Ogden, Daniel. ''A Companion to Greek Religion''. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, 56–70.</ref>

[[File:DSC00400 - Tempio C di Selinunte - Quadriga di Helios - Sec. VI a.C. - Foto G. Dall'Orto.jpg|thumb|right|240px|''Quadriga of the Sun'', sixth century BC, Temple C, [[Selinunte]].]]

Helios was an important god in [[Ancient Corinth|Corinth]] and the greater [[Corinthia]] region.<ref name=":ogd4">Ogden, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=yOQtHNJJU9UC&pg=PA204 204]</ref> [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] in his ''Description of Greece'' describes how Helios and Poseidon vied over the city, with Poseidon getting the [[isthmus of Corinth]] and Helios being awarded with the [[Acrocorinth]].<ref name=":p215" /> Helios' prominence in Corinth might go as back as [[Mycenaean Greece|Mycenaean]] times, and predate Poseidon's arrival,<ref name=":farn19">Farnell, p. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.56576/page/n533/mode/2up?view=theater 419], vol. V</ref> or it might be due to Oriental immigration.{{sfn|Harrison|1991|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=uucSEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA609 609]}} At [[Sicyon]], Helios had an altar behind Hera's sanctuary.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+2.11.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 2.11.1]</ref> It would seem that for the Corinthians, Helios was notable enough to even have control over thunder, which is otherwise the domain of the sky god Zeus.<ref name=":gender" />

Helios had a cult in [[Laconia]] as well. Taletos, a peak of Mt. [[Taygetus]], was sacred to Helios.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+3.20.4&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 3.20.4]</ref><ref>Nagy, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=GOO5Z7wqZS0C&pg=PA100 100 n. 70]</ref> At [[Thalamae (Laconia)|Thalamae]], Helios together with his daughter Pasiphaë were revered in an oracle, where the goddess revealed to the people consulting her what they needed to know in their dreams.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+3.26.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 3.26.1]</ref><ref name=":farn19" /> While the predominance of Helios in [[Sparta]] is currently unclear, it seems [[Helen of Troy|Helen]] was the local solar deity.<ref>Euripides, Robert E. Meagher, ''Helen,'' Univ of Massachusetts Press, 1986</ref> Helios (and Selene's) worship in [[Gytheio|Gytheum]], near Sparta, is attested by an inscription (''C.I.G. 1392'').<ref>''The Classical Review'', p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=LQgOi5LWx5QC&pg=PA77 77], vol. 7</ref>

In [[Argolis]], an altar was dedicated to Helios near [[Mycenae]],<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+2.18.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 2.18.3]</ref> and another in [[Troezen]], where he was worshipped as the God of Freedom, seeing how the Troezenians had escaped slavery at the hands of [[Xerxes I]].<ref name=":2315" /> Over at [[Hermione (Argolis)|Hermione]] stood a temple of his.<ref name=":farn19" /><ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+2.34.10&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 2.34.10]</ref><ref>Vermaseren, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=peh5DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA150 150]; [https://epigraphy.packhum.org/text/28227?&bookid=6&location=1690 CIG Pel. I = IG IV, 1<sup>2</sup>, 700].</ref> He appears to have also been venerated in [[Epidaurus]].<ref>Vermaseren, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=peh5DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA149 149]</ref>

In [[Arcadia (region)|Arcadia]], he had a cult in [[Megalopolis, Greece|Megalopolis]] as the Saviour, and an altar near [[Mantineia]].<ref>Farnell, p. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.56576/page/n533/mode/2up?view=theater 420], Vol. V; [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+8.9.4&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 8.9.4]</ref>