In Homer, Helios the sun, rises from Oceanus in the east,Homer, Iliad 7.421–422, = Odyssey 19.433–434. and at the end of the day sinks back into Oceanus in the west,Homer, Iliad 8.485, 18.239–240. and the stars bathe in the "stream of Ocean".Homer, Iliad 5.5–6, 18.485–489. Compare with Homer, Iliad 23.205 which has Iris, the personification of the rainbow, say "I must go back unto the streams of Oceanus". According to later sources, after setting, Helios sails back along Oceanus during the night from west to east.Gantz, pp. 27, 30.
In Homer, Helios the sun, rises from Oceanus in the east,Homer, Iliad 7.421–422, = Odyssey 19.433–434. and at the end of the day sinks back into Oceanus in the west,Homer, Iliad 8.485, 18239–240. and the stars bathe in the "stream of Ocean".Homer Iliad 5.5–6, 18.485–489. Compare with Homer, Iliad 23.205 which has Iris, the personification of the rainbow, say "I must go back unto the streams of Oceanus". According to later sources, after setting, Helios sails back along Oceanus during the night from west to east.Gantz pp. 27, 30.