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Phaethon (/ ˈ f eɪ. ə θ ən /; Ancient Greek: Φαέθων, romanized: Phaéthōn, lit. 'shiner', pronounced [pʰa.é.tʰɔːn] ), also spelled Phaëthon , is the son of the Oceanid Clymene and the sun god Helios in Greek mythology .
Clymene urging Phaethon, 1589 engraving. Like Euripides's version of the story, in Ovid's Clymene is the wife of Merops and also the mother of Phaethon and the Heliades by Helios. Phaethon is proud to be the son of the sun god, but his claim is mocked and questioned by his friend Epaphus, the son of Zeus and Io. Phaethon asks for confirmation ...
In Greek mythology, Cycnus (Ancient Greek: Κύκνος "swan") Cygnus or Cidnus [1] was a king of Liguria, a beloved and lover of Phaethon, who lamented his death and was subsequently turned into a swan and then a constellation. [2]
In Greek mythology, the Heliades (Ancient Greek: Ἡλιάδες means 'daughters of the sun') also called Phaethontides [1] (meaning "daughters of Phaethon") were the daughters of Helios and Clymene, an Oceanid nymph. Heliades by Rupert Bunny, 1920s
Clymene, another Oceanid, was given as the wife to King Merops of Aethiopia and was, by Helios, the mother of Phaethon and the Heliades. [11] Others include: Clymene, the name of one or two Nereid(s), [12] 50 sea-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.
3200 Phaethon, a small asteroid or comet responsible for the Geminids meteor shower; Phaeton (hypothetical planet), possibly destroyed to form the asteroid belt; Phaethontis quadrangle, a region on Mars; Foethon, an archaic Greek name for the planet Jupiter
In Greek mythology, several characters were known as Cycnus (Ancient Greek: Κύκνος) or Cygnus. The literal meaning of the name is "swan", and accordingly most of them ended up being transformed into swans. Cycnus, son of Ares. [1] Cycnus, king of Kolonai. [2] Son of Poseidon. Cycnus, lover of Phaethon. [3] Cycnus, son of Apollo. [4]
In Greek mythology, Phaethusa or Phaëthusa / ˌ f eɪ ə ˈ θj uː z ə / (Ancient Greek: Φαέθουσα Phaéthousa, "radiance") was a daughter of Helios and Neaera, the personification of the brilliant, blinding rays of the sun. [1] With her twin sister, Lampetia, she guarded the cattle of Thrinacia. She carried a copper staff with which ...