PHAËTHON


Meaning of PHAËTHON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈfā-ə-tən, -ˌthän ]

noun

Etymology: Latin, from Greek Phaethōn

Date: 14th century

: a son of Helios who drives his father's sun-chariot through the sky but loses control and is struck down by a thunderbolt of Zeus

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