In Greek mythology, Halia (Ancient Greek: Ἁλίη or Ἁλία, means 'the dweller in the sea'[1]) was a woman who according to Rhodian tradition became the sea-goddess Leucothea.[2]
| Halia | |
|---|---|
| Abode | Rhodes |
| Personal information | |
| Parents | Thalassa |
| Siblings | Telchines |
| Consort | Poseidon |
| Children | Rhodos and six sons |
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Halia was a daughter of Thalassa (the sea), and sister to the Telchines.[3]
Poseidon fell in love with Halia, and fathered on her six sons and one daughter, Rhodos,[4] who later became the wife of Helios and the one after whom the island of Rhodes was named.
Mythology edit
According to the account by Diodorus Siculus, while Aphrodite was journeying from Cythera to Cyprus, she attempted to make a stop at Rhodes. However, these sons of Poseidon and Halia, who were arrogant and insolent men, drove the goddess away. In anger, Aphrodite cursed them with madness so they raped their own mother, Halia, and committed many acts of violence upon the natives. When Poseidon learnt of this, he buried his children deep beneath the soil as Halia cast herself at the sea. She then became the goddess Leucothea, who is usually in other traditions identified with the Theban queen Ino instead.[3] She was worshipped as a divine being by the Rhodians.[2]
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- Apollodorus. Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Includes Frazer's notes.
- Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, Volume III: Books 4.59-8, translated by C. H. Oldfather, Loeb Classical Library No. 340. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1939. ISBN 978-0-674-99375-4. Online version at Harvard University Press. Online version by Bill Thayer.
- Kerényi, Karl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-27048-1.
- Odes. Pindar. Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990.
- William Smith. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. London. John Murray: printed by Spottiswoode and Co., New-Street Square and Parliament Street.