In Classical Greece, the "wandering stars" and the gods who directed them were separate entities, as for Plato; in Hellenistic culture, the association became an inseparable identification, so that Apollo, no longer the regent of the Sun, actually was Helios (Seznec 1981, pp 37–40).
Na Grecia Clásica, as "estrelas divinas" e os deuses cás rexían eran entidades separadas, coma Plato; pero na cultura Helenística, a asociación foise convertendo en inseparable identificación, así pois Apollo, non foi por máis tempo o rexente do Sol, se non Helios (Seznec 1981, pp 37–40).