the sun was personified as Helios (pronounced /ˈhiːli.ɒs/ , Greek : Ἥ λιος , Latinized as Helius , meaning "sun".) Homer often calls him simply Titan or Hyperion , while Hesiod ( Theogony 371) and the Homeric Hymn separate him as a son of the Titans Hyperion and Theia (Hesiod) or