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Who Drove the sun chariot and lost control?
Phaethon, son of Helios.
What is Phaethon's symbol?
phaethon's symbol is not the same as what paethons is the god of phaeton's symbol is a comet
How did the words phaeton and chimera come to their modern meanings?
Helius, the sun-god, assured Phaethon that he was truly his father and swore an oath that his son could have anthing he desired. Phaethon asked that he be allowed to drive his father's chariot across the sky. Helius could not dissuade the boy, and Phaethon could not control the horses and drove to his death. A phaeton has come into English as a four-wheeled chariot drawn by two horses or an earlier type of convertible automobile.
Who is Phaethon's Mother?
Clymene or Klymen of Ethiopia
What is the moral in the story of Phaëthon?
Phaethon was the son of Clymene. When he found out he was the son of Helios the sun-god, he went to him and asked him if this was true. In reply, Helios confirmed it and promised Phaethon anything he wanted to prove so. Phaethon requested to drive the sun-chariot for one day and refused to choose anything else, all though Helios tried in vain to warn him that he chose unwisely. The horses drawing the chariot, feeling that the hands driving them were weak and not their master's, burst out of control and began to burn up the world. In order to save the earth, Zeus slew Phaethon with a lightning bolt. He fell into the river Eridanus where the river nymphs found him and buried him.
