ἥλιος

English (LSJ)

ὁ, Ep. ἠέλιος, as always in Hom. (exc. in the late passage Od.8.271) and Hes., cf. Hp.Alim.42: Dor. ἀέλιος [ᾱ] Pi.P.4.144, Call. Cer.92, Lav.Pall.89, and lyr. in Trag., S.Ant.809, E.Ph.175, al., but ἅλιος [ᾱ], S.Tr.96, E.Alc.395 (ᾰέλιος S.Tr.835): Cret. ἀβέλιος (i.e. ἀϝ-), Hsch.: Aeol. ἀέλιος Sapph.79(= Oxy.1787Fr.1.25), Supp.25.7; ἄλιος Sapph.69 (s.v.l.): Arc. ἀέλιος (or ἁ-) IG5(2).4.12 (Tegea, iv B.C.):—

   A sun, Il.7.421, etc.; ὁρᾶν φάος ἠελίοιο to see the light of life, live, 18.61, etc.; ὑπ' ἠελίῳ τε καὶ οὐρανῷ ἀστερόεντι ναιετάουσι 4.44; γυνὴ . . ἀρίστη τῶν ὑφ' ἡλίῳ E.Alc.151; οὐκέτ' ἔστιν ὑφ' ἁλίῳ ib.395; also ὑπὸ ἡλίου ἑωρᾶσθαι Th.2.102; οἱ ὑπὸ τοῦτον τὸν ἥλιον ἄνθρωποι D.18.270; τριῶν τῶν ὑπὸ τὸν ἥ. μεγίστων ἡγεμονιῶν Plu.Luc.30: prov., οὐδ' ὁ ἥ. εἴσεται Hld.7.21; ὥσπερ σελήνη γ' ἡλίῳ (sc. ὅμοιος) a pale reflection, Com.Adesp.5.15D.    2 to determine the cardinal points, πρὸς ἠῶ τ' ἠέλιόν τε towards the East, opp. πρὸς ζόφον: εἴτ' ἐπὶ δεξί' ἴωσι πρὸς ἠῶ τ' ἠέλιόν τε, εἴτ' ἐπ' ἀριστερὰ τοί γε ποτὶ ζόφον ἠερόεντα Il. 12.239, cf. Od.9.26; ὅσοι ναίουσι πρὸς ἠῶ τ' ἠέλιόν τε, ἠδ' ὅσσοι μετόπισθε ποτὶ ζόφον 13.240; πρὸς ἠῶ τε καὶ ἡλίου ἀνατολάς, opp. πρὸς ἑσπέρην, Hdt.7.58; τὰ πρὸς ἠῶ τε καὶ ἥλιον ἀνατέλλοντα Id.4.40; οἱ ἀπὸ ἡλίου ἀνατολέων Αἰθίοπες the eastern . ., Id.7.70.    3 day, S.El. 424; a day, Pi.O.13.37, Hp.Alim.42, E.Hel.652(pl.), Ps.-Luc.Philopatr. 4,26, etc.; later, year, Herod.10.1.    4 sunshine, sun's heat, ἐπὶ τοῖς ὄρεσιν Pl.Phd.116e; ἥ. πολύς Luc.Nav.35, cf.Herm.25; πολὺντὸν ἥ. ἐμφαίνειν, of a sunburnt person, Id.Ind.3, cf. Rh.Pr.9: pl., sunbeams, Thphr.Sign.22, Ael.NA16.17; hot sunny days, Th.7.87.    5 metaph., sunshine, brightness, ψυχῆς Plu.2.994e, cf. Artem.2.36, etc.; of a person, Ἑλλάνων δόξης δεύτερον Ἀέλιον IG14.1188; of Ptol. VI, UPZ15.33; νέος Ἥ., of Nero and Caligula, SIG814.34, 798.3.    II as pr. n., Helios, the sun-god, Od.8.271, etc.; νὴ τὸν Ἥ. Men.Sam. 108; ὑπὸ Δία Γῆν Ἥλιον, in manumission-formula, POxy.48.6, 49.8 (i A.D.), IG9(1).412 (Aetolia), IPE2.54.10(iii A.D.); [Ἥλιος] δούλους ἐλευθέρους ποιεῖ Artem.2.36; identified with Apollo, Carm.Pop.12, E.Fr.781.11; with Dionysus, D.Chr.31.11, etc.    2 Ἡλίου ἀστήρ, of the planet Saturn, v.l. in Pl.Epin.987c, cf. D.S.2.30, Theo Sm. p.130H. (I.-E. sāwelios, cf. Cret. ἀβέλιος, Lith. sáulė, Lat. sōl.)