Phaethon
Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #406 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.
↻ synthesized from 10 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Famous figure in Greek mythology who drove Helios' chariot; story told by Ovid and referenced in lost tragedies.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Ochimus, Cercaphus, Actis, Macar, Candalus, Triopas, Tenages, Electryone, Telchines, Selene, Hyperion, Theia, Aoos, Neaera, Asclepius, Clymene, Panacea, Iaso, Machaon, Podaleirius, Poseidon, Oceanus, Demeter, Styx, Pallas, Calypso, Leto, Jove, Hypnos, Iris, Tethys, Phosphorus, Pyroeis, Phaenon, Eos, Saturn, Hercules, Stilbon, Vesper, Helios, Hera, Isis, Artemis (Diana), Cronus, Hesperus, Ares, Apollo, Hermes, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Heracles
- sibling of
- Lampetie, Aigle, Phaethousa, Heliades, Lampos, Lampetia, Merope, Helie, Aegle, Phoebe, Aetherie, Phaethusa, Dioxippe
- serves
- Eos
- consort of
- Aphrodite
- syncretized with
- Zeus, Jupiter, Tyrian Heracles
Mentioned by
- Helios
- Hera
- Isis
- Artemis (Diana)
- Cronus
- Hesperus
- Ares
- Apollo
- Hermes
- Venus
- Mars
- Mercury
- Heracles
- Cycnus
- Tyrian Heracles
- Rhodos
and 4 more
Sources
Source passages
“The scholion on Odyssey 17.208...also makes Rhodos the mother, by Helios, of this famous Phaethon, as well as three daughters: Lampetie, Aigle, and Phaethousa.”
#11491 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Helios's most notable role in Greek mythology is the story of his mortal son Phaethon. In the Homeric epics, his most notable role is the one he plays in the Odyssey, where Odysseus's men despite his warnings impiously kill and eat Helios's sacred cattle that the god kept at Thrinacia, his sacred island.”
#16693 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“There is a story that even you [Greeks] have preserved, that once upon a time, Phaethon, the son of Helios, having yoked the steeds in his father's chariot, because he was not able to drive them in the path of his father, burnt up all that was upon the earth, and was himself destroyed by a thunderbolt.”
#17808 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The two goddesses exist almost side by side in the myth of Phaethon of Syria, with Eos as his mother and Aphrodite as his lover and abductor. Moreover, another telling point is how the name “Aoos” is recorded as both a name for Adonis, Aphrodite's East-originating lover, and a son of Eos by Cephalus (like Phaethon) who became king of Cyprus”
#18166 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Homer also depicts Eos herself, wearing saffron-colored robes and riding in a chariot pulled by a pair of horses named Lampos and Phaethon.”
#18291 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5