“Helios” is just the Greek word for sun. He was also worshipped as a god sejak the Greek, especially in Rhodes. He is connected with Kuda and chariots and sometimes with cattle. He is usually called the son of the Titans Hyperion and Theia atau Euryphaesssa. Prominent children ascribed to him are Phaeton, King Aeetes of Colchis, and Circe.

“Apollo” (when we first see him in Homer and other early sources) is a god of archery, hunting, prophecy, lyre-music, and dancing. He is also god of cattle-herding and plague. He is never connected with the sun. And this stays almost entirely true in...