Helius is a god of the sun like his father, Hyperion. The two are often confused or seen as one entity. The sun god is said to wait in the East, guide his team of horses across the sky from his chariot, and settle in the West, from where he sails back to the East.

Helius

Selene is a goddess of the moon. She is known to drive a chariot (like her brother, Helius). 

Selene

Eos is the goddess of the Dawn, and an amorous deity who is known to drive a two-horsed chariot, like her sister Selene.

Hyperion is a god of the sun, who with his mate Theia produced Helius, another sun god, Selene, goddess of the moon, and Eos, goddess of the dawn.

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- Oceanus
- Coeus
- Crius
- Hyperion
- Iapetus
- Theia
- Rhea
- Themis
- Mnemosyne
- Phoebe
- Tethys
- Cronus

The Twelve Titans

Morford, M., Lenardon, J., and Sham, M. (2014). Myths of creation. In Classical Mythology, (10th ed. pp. 61-83). Oxford University Press.

Myths of Creation

Oceanus and Tethys produced 3000 daughters and 3000 sons called the Oceanids who were the spirits of water, springs, and rivers (Hesiod, Theogony, 369-370).

Oceanus, Tethys and The Oceanids

Hyperion, Theia, and their children Helius, Selene, and Eos

Cronos and Rhea had six children: Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus. According to Hesiod, Cronos swallowed all of his children except Zeus out of fear that they would commit patricide. Zeus escaped this fate because his mother Rhea hid him away.

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