helios is the son of hera
the aftermath of this episode was satirized by lucian in one of his dialogues zeus angrily berates helios for lenting his chariot to his inexperienced son who burned the earth with it as helios makes excuses for himself and his child zeus returns the damaged chariot to its owner and threatens helios to zap him with one of his lightning bolts should he ever do such thing again
 in homeric greek his name is spelled  lios with the doric spelling of that being  alios