In Greek mythology, Lampetia (English translation: "shining") was the daughter of Helios and Neaera; she was the personification of light. Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and Heroes the nature of the world and the origins and significance English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States In Greek mythology the Sun was personified as Helios (ˈhiliˌɑs ( Ἥλιος Latinized as Helius) With her sister, Phaethusa, she guarded the cattle of Thrinacia. This article is about the Greek Goddess for the bird genus see Large-billed Tern. For Trinakria as an alternate name for modern Sicily and for its triskeles symbol also known as the island of the sun see Thrinakria. She told her father when Odysseus' men slaughtered some of his cattle which were ageless and deathless, like a forbidden fruit. grc-Latn Odysseus or la Ulysses ( Greek grc-Latn Odysseus; Latin: la Ulixes or more commonly Ulysses) oʊˈdɪsiəs They also happened to be his children. Her father, Helios, was enraged and asked the gods to avenge his cattle's deaths. Zeus then sent a lightning bolt down and a storm, killing all of Odysseus' men, while their doom was portended by the meat writhing and lowing on the spits. [1]