Island of the Sun

noun

, Classical Mythology.

1. Sicily: the island where Helius kept his oxen.

Example Sentences

However, they would not in any case have lived much longer, for at their next stopping place, the Island of the Sun, the men acted with incredible folly.

From Literature

The reef is submerged in more than 5m of water about 10km off the northwestern tip of the Island of the Sun, a central feature of Lake Titicaca.

From The Guardian

More than a dozen Tiwanaku sites have been found on the Island of the Sun.

From The Guardian

So I spoke out in gloom to my companions: ‘Shipmates, grieving and weary though you are, listen: I had forewarning from Teiresias and Kirke, too; both told me I must shun this island of the Sun, the world’s delight. Nothing but fatal trouble shall we find here. Pull away, then, and put the land astern.’

From Literature

Only too glad to effect an escape at any price, the Greeks again rowed on until they sighted Trinacria, the island of the sun, where Phaetusa and Lampetia watched over the sun god’s sacred herds.

From Project Gutenberg