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The conflict presented in the play is the marriage of Phaethon and the boy's reluctance; the bride's identity is one of the most difficult problems of this plot; suggestions include one of the Heliades, his sisters (a suggestion supported by Henri Weil and one that James Diggle deemed unprovable, though convinced of that being the case [5]), or ...
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In the version of the myth told by Ovid, Phaethon is the son of Clymene and Phoebus Apollo, and Phaethon would often boast about being the son of the sun-god. Phaethon, challenged by Epaphus and his playmates, sought assurance from his mother that his father was truly Apollo. She gave him the requested assurance and told him to turn to his ...
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Phaethon (play) Phèdre; Philoctetes (Aeschylus play) Philoctetes (Sophocles play) The Phoenician Women; Phoenissae (Seneca) Plutus (play) Prometheia; Prometheus Bound; Prometheus the Fire-Bringer; Prometheus Unbound (Aeschylus) Psyché (play)
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It seems pretty clear that the myth of Phaethon is an allegorical rendering of the apparent motions of the planet Phaethon (Jupiter), very common in these types of myths, especially the motif of challenging the sun, failing, and falling to earth and/or being killed (see also Inanna/Attar/Lucifer representing the planet Venus) - this is all just ...