Phaethon, son of Helios.
phaethon's symbol is not the same as what paethons is the god of phaeton's symbol is a comet
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.
Clymene or Klymen of Ethiopia
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.
Phaethon is ashamed to admit that he cannot control the sun chariot properly and has put the world in danger by losing control of it.
Phaethon, who Zeus struck from the Chariot of the Sun.
Phaethon, son of Helios.
Clymene was Phaethon's mother. His father was Helios, or the Sun.
In Greek mythology, Phaethon was killed by Zeus with a thunderbolt after losing control of the sun chariot, causing chaos and destruction on Earth.
The correct spelling is Phaethon. He is a character in Greek mythology, most famously known as the son of Helios, the sun god.
Because he (the god) had sworn by the river Styx that he would grant his son Phaethon any wish he might have, and this was an oath not even the gods could break.
Phaethon was not a god, but a demigod. In some myths he is the son of Helios and Klymene, in some the son of Apollo and Clymene. I would say Apollo, because three of five sources I looked at said Apollo.
The sun chariot normally driven by his father, Helios.
In Greek mythology, Phaethon is the son of Helios, the sun god. Phaethon convinces Helios to let him drive the sun chariot, but he loses control and nearly destroys the Earth, leading Zeus to strike him down with a thunderbolt.
Phaethon tried to drive the horse-driven chariot of his father, Helios the sun god.But Phaethon was young and unaccustomed to his father's exquisite chariot and team of horses. So he quickly lost control. As a consequence, the sun began to get too close to the earth. In order to save the earth Zeus, king of the ancient Greek gods, threw a thunderbolt at Phaethon and killed him.
In Greek mythology, when Phaethon drove the chariot of the sun, he lost control and the sun chariot veered off course, scorching the earth. This event led to a great catastrophe, resulting in the creation of deserts and Ethiopian people, as well as threatening the entire world with destruction until Zeus intervened by striking Phaethon down with a thunderbolt.