36 At the end of the hymn the poet says:—

χαῖρε, ἄναξ, πρόφρων δὲ βίον θυμήρε᾽ ὄπαζε;

ἐκ σέο δ᾽ ἀρξάμενος κλῄσω μερόπων γένος ἀνδρῶν

ἡμιθέων, ὦν ἔργα θεοὶ θνητοῖσιν ἔδειξαν.

This would seem to imply that the poet looked upon Helios as a

half-god, almost as a hero, who had once lived on earth.

37 Corssen, _Ueber Steigerungsendungen_, Kuhn’s _Zeitschrift_, iii. p.

299.