Halia of Rhodes

Halia
AbodeRhodes
Genealogy
ParentsThalassa
SiblingsTelchines
ConsortPoseidon
ChildrenRhodos and six sons

In Greek mythology, Halia (Ancient Greek: Ἁλία, romanizedHalía, lit.'dweller in the sea',[1] also spelled Ἁλίη) was a woman who according to Rhodian tradition became the sea-goddess Leucothea.[2] She was a lover of the sea-god Poseidon to whom she bore seven children.

  1. ^ Kerényi 1951, p. 64.
  2. ^ Smith, s.v. Halia