Who was the Greek Titan father of the sun god Helios?

The Greek Titan father of the sun god Helios was Hyperion. In the standard genealogies of Greek mythology, Hyperion was one of the twelve Titans, born to Gaia, the Earth, and Uranus, the sky. He was paired with his sister Theia, and their children represented the principal lights of heaven: Helios, Selene, and Eos.

Hyperion’s name means “the high one” or “he who watches from above,” fitting his association with heavenly light. He is sometimes described as a Titan of celestial observation or light, although surviving myths give him fewer independent adventures than figures such as Cronus or Prometheus.

A common source of confusion is that Hyperion and Helios can overlap in early Greek poetry. “Hyperion” sometimes appears as an epithet attached to Helios, meaning something like “the one above.” Nevertheless, in the best-known genealogical tradition, Hyperion is Helios’s father, while Helios is the personified Sun who drives his chariot across the sky.