Sirius
animal_ally sky single tradition · 2
Sirius is the name of the horse that Helios rode on his doomed journey with his son Phaethon. According to his account, Helios actually escorted his son on his doomed journey, riding on a horse named Sirius next to him and shouting instructions and advice on how to drive the chariot, an element not found in subsequent treatments of the myth.
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When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in Euripides' tragedy Phaethon.
Relationships
- allied with
- Helios
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“According to his account, Helios actually escorted his son on his doomed journey, riding on a horse named Sirius next to him and shouting instructions and advice on how to drive the chariot, an element not found in subsequent treatments of the myth.”
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“the keen dog-star Sirius, so often struck by Hyperion's sun, burns the gasping fields”
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