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Thrinacia is an island sacred to Helios

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What is Helios's island called?

The sun god Helios's island is called Thirinakia.


What is on Helios's island?

The sun god's cattle.


Who owns the cattle on the island of thrinakia?

The mighty sun god Helios.


Helios was the Greek god of what?

Helios was the god of the sun.


Who is Helios in The Odyssey?

In The Odyssey, Helios is the sun god who owns a herd of immortal cattle that live on the island of Thrinacia. When Odysseus and his crew land on the island, they kill and eat some of the cattle despite warnings not to, which angers Helios and leads to dire consequences for the crew.


How did Helios get his name?

Helios mean "sun" and Helios is the Greek Titan God of the Sun.


What does Odysseus mean when he says you cannot aviod the eye of Helios?

This was a warning given to him to shun the island of Helios in order to avoid incurring the sun god's wrath. As Helios's (the sun's) gaze reaches everywhere, nothing they did would go undetected. 'Helios the sun-god, who sees all things and hears all things.' When the crew of Odysseus, who were hungry, slaughtered and ate the cattle they found on the island and so incurred the wrath of Helios, Zeus hit them with a bolt of lightning and destroyed them.


What happens when Odysseus reaches the island of the sun God Helios?

he and his men land in the island for supper, but on the comdition that his men swear not to eat touch or eat the cattle because the sun god adores them. as Odysseus goes up into an island his men eat the immortal eurylochus persuades them. One of the daughters of Helios tells the sun god how they killed his kine. The men die when Zeus hits their ship with a thunderbolt. only Odysseus survives.


What is the Helios symbol?

Helios was god of the sun, therefore it stands to reason that his symbol would be that of the sun.


What is Helios cattle?

sacred cattle of the Greek sun god ~Helios


What is thrinakia in The Odyssey?

Thrinakia is an island where Helios the Sun-God raises his immortal cattle. It is unknown where it is today (if it exists).


Who is the titan sun god?

Helios