Editing Heliadae

{{for|another set of Helios' children|Heliades}}
In [[Greek mythology]], the '''Heliadae''' or '''Heliadai''' ({{IPAc-en|h|ᵻ|ˈ|l|aɪ|.|ə|d|iː}}; {{langx|grc|Ἡλιάδαι}}) were the seven sons of [[Helios]] and [[Rhodos]] and grandsons of [[Poseidon]]. They were brothers to [[Electryone]].

== Biography ==
They were [[Ochimus]], [[Cercaphus (Heliadae)|Cercaphus]], [[Macareus of Rhodes|Macareus]] (or Macar), [[Actis (mythology)|Actis]], [[Tenages]], [[Triopas]], and [[Candalus]]<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/5D*.html#56.5 5.56.5]</ref> (Nonnus<ref name="Nonnus, Dionysiaca, 14. 44">[[Nonnus]], ''[[Dionysiaca]]'' 14.44</ref> adds [[Auges (mythology)|Auges]] and [[Thrinax (mythology)|Thrinax]]). They were expert [[astrologer]]s and [[seafarers]], and were the first to introduce sacrifices to [[Athena]] at [[Rhodes]].<ref>Diodorus Siculus, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/5D*.html#57.1 5.57.1]; [[Pindar]], ''Olympian Odes'' 7.3</ref> They also drove the [[Telchines]] out of Rhodes.<ref name="Nonnus, Dionysiaca, 14. 44" />

== Mythology ==
Tenages was the most highly endowed of the Heliadae, and was eventually killed by Macareus, Candalus, Triopas and Actis. This is attributed to their jealousy of his skills at science. As soon as their crime was discovered, the four had to escape from Rhodes: Macareus fled to [[Lesbos]], Candalus to [[Kos|Cos]], Triopas to [[Caria]], and Actis to [[Egypt]].<ref>Diodorus Siculus, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/5D*.html#57.2 5.57.2]</ref> Ochimus and Cercaphus, who stayed aside from the crime, remained at the island and founded the city of Achaea (in the territory of modern [[Ialysos]]).<ref>Diodorus Siculus, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/5D*.html#57.6 5.57.6]</ref> Ochimus, the eldest of the brothers, seized control over the island; Cercaphus married Ochimus' daughter and succeeded to the power. The three sons of Cercaphus, [[Lindus (mythology)|Lindus]], [[Ialysos (mythology)|Ialysus]] and [[Cameirus (mythology)|Camirus]], were founders and [[eponym]]s of the cities [[Lindos]], Ialysos and [[Kameiros]] respectively.<ref>Pindar, ''Olympian Odes'' 7.3 ff.</ref>

==Genealogy==

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==Notes==
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==References==

* [[Diodorus Siculus]], ''Diodorus Siculus: The Library of History''. Translated by [[Charles Henry Oldfather]]. Twelve volumes. [[Loeb Classical Library]]. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.[https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Homer]], [[Odyssey|''The Odyssey'']] with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. {{ISBN|978-0674995611|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0136 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0135 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Nonnus|Nonnus of Panopolis]], ''[[Dionysiaca]]'' translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940.  [https://topostext.org/work/529 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* Nonnus of Panopolis, ''Dionysiaca. 3 Vols.'' W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940-1942. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0485 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
*[[Pindar]], ''Odes'' translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0162 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
*Pindar, ''The Odes of Pindar'' including the Principal Fragments with an Introduction and an English Translation by Sir John Sandys, Litt.D., FBA. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1937. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0161 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
*[[William Smith (lexicographer)|Smith, William]]; ''[[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]]'', London (1873). [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aentry%3Dheliadae-bio-1 "Heliadae and Heliads"]

[[Category:Children of Helios]]
[[Category:Rhodian mythology]]
[[Category:Mythological Rhodians]]
[[Category:Brothers]]
[[Category:Fratricides]]