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The god behind Phaethon's death, Zeus, is seen hurling his thunderbolt, while Helios appears on horse-back, with a spare horse by his side (matching Euripides' telling where Helios accompanies his son in the sky), having caught two of the horses and now directing his attention to the other two (like Lucretius describes him doing [64]).
Fashionable phaetons used at horse shows included the Stanhope, typically having a high seat and closed back, [6] and the Tilbury, a two-wheeled carriage with an elaborate spring suspension system, with or without a top. [7] A variation of this type of a carriage is called a Victoria, with a retractable cover over the rear passenger compartment.
Phaethon in the chariot of the Sun, Godfried Maes, ca 1664-1700. Hyginus wrote that Phaethon secretly mounted his father's car without said father's knowledge and leave, but with the aid of his sisters the Heliades who yoked the horses. [105] In all retellings, Helios recovers the reins in time, thus saving the earth. [106]
Phaethon ([Φαέθων] Error: {{Langx}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 7) ) is the title of a lost tragedy written by Athenian playwright Euripides, first produced circa 420 BC, and covered the myth of Phaethon, the young mortal boy who asked his father the sun god Helios to drive his solar chariot for a single day. The play has ...
Phaeton (carriage), a horse-drawn sporty open carriage; Volkswagen Phaeton, a full-size luxury automobile built by Volkswagen until 2016; Phaethon (patrol boat), a patrol boat of the Navy of Cyprus; Double Phaeton, a Gräf & Stift luxury automobile c. 1910; HMS Phaeton, a frigate of Britain's Royal Navy
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Selene riding horseback, detail of the Gigantomachy frieze, Pergamon Altar, Pergamon museum, Berlin, c. 180–159 BC. [87] Gaia, angered about her children the Titans being thrown into Tartarus following their defeat, brought forth the Giants, to attack the gods, in a war that was called the Gigantomachy. When Gaia heard of a prophecy that a ...
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