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From his father Zeus, Apollo received a golden headband and a chariot driven by swans. [171] [172] In his early years when Apollo spent his time herding cows, he was reared by the Thriae, who trained him and enhanced his prophetic skills. [173] The god Pan was also said to have mentored him in the prophetic art. [174]
Here Phaethon lies who in the sun-god's chariot fared. And though greatly he failed, more greatly he dared. [38] Apollo, stricken with grief at his son's death, at first refused to resume his work of driving his chariot, but at the appeal of the other gods, including Jupiter who used threats, returned to his task.
Helios on his chariot fighting a Giant, detail of the Gigantomachy frieze, Pergamon Altar, Pergamon museum, Berlin. At some point during the battle of gods and giants in Phlegra, [130] Helios takes up an exhausted Hephaestus on his chariot. [131] After the war ends, one of the giants, Picolous, flees to Aeaea, where Helios' daughter, Circe ...
Hyacinthus chose Apollo over the others. He visited all of Apollo's sacred lands with the god in a chariot drawn by swans. So fiercely was Apollo in love with Hyacinthus that he abandoned his sanctuary in Delphi to enjoy Hyacinthus' company by the river Eurotas. He taught Hyacinthus the use of the bow and the lyre, the art of prophecy, and ...
Roman god of the Sun, the son of Hyperion. Trusted his chariot to his son Phaethon by Clymene, which resulted in disaster. Witnessed the adultery of Venus and Mars, and informed Venus's husband Vulcanus. For this Venus made him fall in love with Leucothoe, while forgetting his previous lover Clytia.
The main section depicts the Greek god of the sun and light driving a star-like, horse-pulled chariot. At either end are figures representing Apollo and his twin sister, Artemis, as children, and ...
'renowned') is an Oceanid nymph who was loved by the sun-god Helios and became the mother by him of Phaethon and the Heliades. [3] In most versions, Clymene is the one to reveal to Phaethon his divine parentage and encourage him to seek out his father, and even drive his solar chariot to catastrophic results.
Apollo, the sun god, gives the reins of his chariot to his son young Phaethon. Phaethon's ride is disastrous, as he cannot keep a firm grip on the horses. As a result, he drives the chariot too close to the earth, burning it, and too far from it, freezing it.