I-Helios ingunkulunkulu welanga emlandweni wamaGreki. Abazali bakhe babeyi-titans Hyperion neFairy. Wayebhekwa njengonkulunkulu wangaphambi kuka-Olympic futhi wayebusa phezu kwabantu nabonkulunkulu. Ukusuka lapho, wayebukele konke futhi nganoma yisiphi isikhathi ngingajezisa noma ngikhuthaze. AmaGreki ayevame ukumbiza ngokuthi "konke okubonayo". Ngendlela, abanye onkulunkulu baphendukela kuye ukuze bafunde izimfihlo zomunye nomunye. I-Helios yayibhekwa njengonkulunkulu olinganisa isikhathi sesikhathi futhi ahloniphe izinsuku, izinyanga neminyaka.
Ubani onkulunkulu welanga eGrisi?
Ngokusho kwezinganekwane, u-Helios uhlala engxenyeni esempumalanga ye-Ocean enkundleni enkulu, ejikelezwe izikhathi ezine. Isihlalo sakhe sobukhosi senziwe ngamatshe ayigugu. Nsuku zonke uHelios wavusa iqhude, okuyinto inyoni yakhe engcwele. Ngemva kwalokhu, wahlala enqoleni yomlilo, eboshwe ngamahhashi amane okuphefumula umlilo, futhi waqala uhambo lwakhe esezulwini esibhakabhakeni, lapho naye enesigodlo esihle khona. Ebusuku, unkulunkulu wokukhanya nelanga wafika ekhaya olwandle ephethe indebe yegolide uHephaestus enza. Izikhathi eziningana uHelios kwadingeka abuyele esimisweni sakhe. Ngakho ngolunye usuku uZeyus wayala ukuba angashiyi unkulunkulu welanga ezulwini izinsuku ezintathu. Kwakuyizinyanga lapho ubusuku bomshado bukaZeus no-Alcmene kwenzeka, ngenxa yokuthi uHephaestus wabonakala. Ngemuva kokuqothulwa kweTitans, bonke onkulunkulu baqala ukuhlanganyela amandla futhi bonke bakhohlwa ngoHelios. Waqala ukukhononda uZeyus futhi wadala olwandle isiqhingi saseRhodes, esinikezelwe kunkulunkulu welanga .
Inkulunkulu wasendulo wesiGreki esiyisikhathi esivame ukuboniswa enqoleni, futhi eduze kwekhanda lakhe kwakuyizintaba zelanga. Kweminye imithombo, i-Helios imelwe ukuhlwanyela okumangalisayo ngokushisa amehlo awonayo, futhi ekhanda lakhe unesihephetho segolide. Ezandleni zakhe, unkulunkulu welanga wayevame ukushaya isibhamu. Esinye sezithombe zeHelios kukhona insizwa egqoke. Ngakolunye uhlangothi unalo ibhola, futhi kwelinye uphondo lokuningi. Ngokusho kwezinganekwane ezikhona, u-Helios wayenama-mistress amaningi. Omunye wamantombazane afayo waphenduka waba yi-heliotrope, izimbali ezazihlala ziphenduka, ngemva kokuhamba kwelanga. Enye inkosikazi yaphenduka impepho. Yilezi zitshalo ezazibhekwa njengezingcwele kumaHelios. Ngokuqondene nezilwane, ngoba unkulunkulu welanga e-Ancient Greece okuphawuleka kakhulu kwakuyi-cock and nut.
UHelios Wife - oceanic yasePheresiya, owabeletha empumalanga kuye indodana eyayiyinkosi yaseColchis, futhi ohlangothini olusentshonalanga wamnika indodakazi futhi wayengumthakathikazi onamandla. Ngokolwazi olukhona, u-Helios wayenomunye umkaRod, oyindodakazi kaPoseidon. Izinganekwane zisitshela ukuthi u-Helios uyinhlebo evame ukunikeza izimfihlo zabanye onkulunkulu. Ngokwesibonelo, watshela uHephaestus ngokukhashelwa kuka-Aphrodite no-Adonis. Yingakho unkulunkulu welanga emlandweni wasendulo wamaGrike wayezondwa unkulunkulukazi wothando. U-Helios wayenemfuyo eyisikhombisa yezinkomo ezingamashumi ayisihlanu kanye nezimvu eziningi. Abazange bazalwe, kodwa babehlala bebancane futhi bephila phakade. Unkulunkulu welanga wayethanda ukuchitha isikhathi ebukele.
EGrisi, kwakungekho amathempeli anele anikezelwe amaHelios, kodwa kwakukhona izithombe eziningi. Okuthandwa kakhulu yilokhu iColossus yaseRhodes, eyayibhekwa njengenye yezimangaliso zomhlaba. Lesi sithombe senziwe nge-alloy yethusi nensimbi, futhi sitholakala emnyango wechweba laseRhodes. Ngendlela, ekuphakameni kwayo kufinyelela cishe ngamamitha angama-35. Ezandleni unkulunkulu ubeke isibani esishisa ngaso sonke isikhathi futhi senza indima yebhekoni.
Wayesebenza ekwakheni iminyaka engu-12, kodwa ekugcineni wawa ngesikhathi sokuzamazama komhlaba. Kwenzeka eminyakeni engama-50 emva kokuqedwa kokwakhiwa. Ihlelo lamaGreki lamaHelios lalamukelwa amaRoma, kodwa ayengatholakali kakhulu futhi asakazeke.