Many people tend to associate the sun god with Apollo, yet Apollo was generally known as the son of Zeus and Leto. In contrast, the parents of Helios were the Titans Hyperion and Theia, siblings（兄弟姐妹） of Cronus or Zeus’ father.
提到太阳神，很多人会联想到阿波罗，然而大家都知道，阿波罗是宙斯和勒托的儿子，而赫利俄斯的父母是提坦巨人许珀里翁和忒伊亚，宙斯的父亲克罗诺斯的手足。
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Therefore, Helios existed much earlier than Apollo, and the word Helios actually has the same meaning with the Latin word sol, which indicates the sun itself.
换言之，赫利俄斯的存在要比阿波罗早得多。事实上，赫利俄斯和拉丁语中的sol是同一个意思，即太阳本身
The word Solar, the adjective form, can be used to form such useful phrases（词汇） as the solar system, the solar calendar, the solar terms, solar eclipse, solar energy, and so on.
其形容词solar可以用来构成很多有用的词汇，比如the solar system（太阳系）、the solar calendar（阳历）、the solar terms（节气）、solar eclipse（日食）和solar energy（太阳能）等。
Clytie, an Oceanid or a water nymph（女神）, loved the sun god Helios very much but was eventually deserted.
水泽仙女克吕提厄深爱着太阳神赫利俄斯，然而最终却被后者所抛弃。
Myth has it that Clytie lay herself naked for nine days on the rocks without eating or drinking anything, simply staring at the sun with her hands outstretched（伸开的） towards the sky.
传说克吕提厄全身赤裸地躺在岩石上，双手伸向天空，目光凝视着太阳，就这样不吃不喝地坚持了九天九夜。
The gods were moved at the pathetic sight, and transformed her into a flower, which turns towards the direction of the sun.
诸神被她的悲情所打动，于是在第九天把她变成了一朵始终朝向太阳的花。
The flower’s name is either heliotrope（向阳植物） or turnsole, both easily understood as the former has the word “Helios” in it and the latter, the “Sol”.
这朵花的名字既可以是heliotrope，也可以是turnsole，因为前者包含了“赫利俄斯（Helios）”的名字，而后者包含了“太阳（Sol）”。
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