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Phaethon asks his father for the chariot, engraving by Hendrik Goltzius, 1590. Nonnus' late version of the story is one of the two extensive narratives to survive, the other being Ovid's. Unlike other versions, Nonnus' is one of the few where Phaethon is a legitimate offspring of a married couple, with his motivation shifting from need to prove ...
Phaethon, first king of the Bronze Age Molossians; Dark photon, also called phaeton, a hypothetical dark matter particle; Phaethon, genus name of the three tropicbird species; Phaeton, Haiti, an old factory town; Phaethon (roller coaster), a steel inverted roller coaster at Gyeongju World in South Korea
In Greek mythology, Phaethon (/ˈfeɪ.əθən/; Ancient Greek: Φαέθων, Phaéthōn, pronounced [pʰa.é.tʰɔːn]) was a son of Eos by Cephalus of Athens or Tithonus, born in Syria. Family [ edit ]
Phaëton → Phaethon or Phaëthon – The spelling with "th" is the correct spelling. The name in the original language is Φαέθων, not Φαέτων. "Phaethon" is the form given in English dictionaries: Oxford, Collins, Merriam-Webster, American Heritage and Random House.
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.
According to some sources, their tears (amber) fell into the river Eridanus, in which Phaethon had fallen. [ 7 ] According to Hyginus, the Heliades were turned to poplar trees because they yoked the chariot for their brother without their father Helios' permission.
Ancient Greek phonology is the reconstructed phonology or pronunciation of Ancient Greek.This article mostly deals with the pronunciation of the standard Attic dialect of the fifth century BC, used by Plato and other Classical Greek writers, and touches on other dialects spoken at the same time or earlier.
Phaethon [i] (Ancient Greek: Φαέθων, romanized: Phaethon, lit. 'shining', 'radiant'), associated with the god Zeus , Jove or Jupiter to the Romans. The Greeks knew that Jupiter was the second-furthest planet from earth, and believed its orbit to take twelve years, very close to the actual period of 11.86 years.