Hēliădes

, the daughters of the sun and Clymene. They were three in number, Lampetie, Phaetusa, and Lamp eth us a, or seven, according to Hyginus: Merope, Helie, Ægle, Lampetie, Phœbe, Ætheria, and Dioxippe. They were so afflicted at the death of their brother Phaeton [ See: Phaeton ], that they were changed by the gods into poplars, and their tears into precious amber, on the banks of the river Po. Ovid , Metamorphoses , bk. 2 , li. 340 .— Hyginus , fable 154.――The first inhabitants of Rhodes. This island being covered with mud when the world was first created, was warmed by the cherishing beams of the sun, and from thence sprang seven men, which were called Heliades, ἀπο του ἡλιου , from the sun . The eldest of these, called Ochimus, married He get or i a, one of the nymphs of the island, and his brothers fled from the country for having put to death, through jealousy, one of their number. Diodorus , bk. 5 .