Editing Helios (section)

==== Horses of Helios ====
{{Redirect|Pyrois|the moth|Pyrois (moth)}}[[File:London , Westminster - The Horses of Helios - geograph.org.uk - 5153323.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|The Horses of Helios, Westminster, London.]]Some lists, cited by Hyginus, of the names of horses that pulled Helios' chariot, are as follows. Scholarship acknowledges that, despite differences between the lists, the names of the horses always seem to refer to fire, flame, light and other luminous qualities.<ref>Slim, Hédi. "La chute de Phaeton sur une mosaïque de Barrarus-Rougga en Tunisie". In: ''Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres''. 147<sup>e</sup> année, N. 3, 2003. p. 1121. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3406/crai.2003.22628; www.persee.fr/doc/crai_0065-0536_2003_num_147_3_22628</ref>
* According to [[Eumelus of Corinth]] – late 7th/ early 6th century BC:  The male trace horses are Eous (by him the sky is turned) and Aethiops (as if flaming, parches the grain) and the female yoke-bearers are Bronte ("Thunder") and Sterope ("Lightning").
* According to Ovid&nbsp;— Roman, 1st century BC ''Phaethon's ride'': Pyrois ("the fiery one"), Eous ("he of the dawn"), [[Aethon]] ("blazing"), and Phlegon ("burning").<ref name=":hyg183">[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''[[Fabulae]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#183 183]</ref><ref>Dain, Philippe. ''Mythographe du Vatican III. Traduction et commentaire''. Besançon: Institut des Sciences et Techniques de l'Antiquité, 2005. p. 156 (footnote nr. 33) (Collection "ISTA", 854). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3406/ista.2005.2854; www.persee.fr/doc/ista_0000-0000_2005_edc_854_1</ref>

Hyginus writes that according to Homer, the horses' names are Abraxas and Therbeeo; but Homer makes no mention of horses or chariot.<ref name=":hyg183" />

[[Alexander of Aetolia]], cited in Athenaeus, related that the magical herb grew on the island [[Thrinacia]], which was sacred to Helios, and served as a remedy against fatigue for the sun god's horses. [[Aeschrion of Samos]] informed that it was known as the "dog's-tooth" and was believed to have been sown by Cronus.<ref>[[Athenaeus]], ''[[Deipnosophistae|Scholars at Dinner]]'' [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Athenaeus/7D*.html#p329 7.294C]</ref>