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Phaethon

Phaethon Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Phaethon? [n] type genus of the Phaethontidae [n] (Greek mythology) son of Helios; killed when trying to drive his father's chariot and came too close to earth Synonyms \| Synonyms for Phaethon: genus Phaethon Related Terms \| Find terms related to Phaethon: Agdistis \| Amen-Ra \| Amor \| Aphrodite \| Apollo \| Apollon \| Ares \| Artemis \| Ate \| Athena \| Bacchus \| Ceres \| Cora \| Cronus \| Cupid \| Cybele \| Demeter \| Despoina \| Diana \| Dionysus \| Dis \| Eros \| Gaea \| Gaia \| Ge \| Great Mother \| Hades \| Helios \| Hephaestus \| Hera \| Here \| Hermes \| Hestia \| Hymen \| Hyperion \| Jove \| Juno \| Jupiter \| Jupiter Fidius \| Jupiter Fulgur \| Jupiter Optimus Maximus \| Jupiter Pluvius \| Jupiter Tonans \| Kore \| Kronos \| Magna Mater \| Mars \| Mercury \| Minerva \| Mithras \| Momus \| Neptune \| Nike \| Olympians \| Olympic gods \| Ops \| Orcus \| Persephassa \| Persephone \| Phoebus \| Phoebus Apollo \| Pluto \| Poseidon \| Proserpina \| Proserpine \| Ra \| Rhea \| Saturn \| Savitar \| Shamash \| Sol \| Surya \| Tellus \| Titan \| Venus \| Vesta \| Vulcan \| Zeus See Also \| bird genus \| boatswain bird \| family Phaethontidae \| Greek deity \| Phaethontidae \| tropic bird \| tropicbird Phaethon In Webster's Dictionary \Pha"["e]*thon\, n. [L., Pha["e]thon (in sense 1), fr. Gr. ?, fr. ?, ?, to shine. See {Phantom}.] 1. (Class. Myth.) The son of Helios (Ph[oe]bus), that is, the son of light, or of the sun. He is fabled to have obtained permission to drive the chariot of the sun, in doing which his want of skill would have set the world on fire, had he not been struck with a thunderbolt by Jupiter, and hurled headlong into the river Po. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of oceanic birds including the tropic birds.

Phaethon Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Phaethon?

[n] type genus of the Phaethontidae
[n] (Greek mythology) son of Helios; killed when trying to drive his father's chariot and came too close to earth

Synonyms | Synonyms for Phaethon: genus Phaethon

Phaethon In Webster's Dictionary

\Pha"["e]*thon\, n. [L., Pha["e]thon (in sense 1), fr.
Gr. ?, fr. ?, ?, to shine. See {Phantom}.]
1. (Class. Myth.) The son of Helios (Ph[oe]bus), that is, the
   son of light, or of the sun. He is fabled to have obtained
   permission to drive the chariot of the sun, in doing which
   his want of skill would have set the world on fire, had he
   not been struck with a thunderbolt by Jupiter, and hurled
   headlong into the river Po.

2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of oceanic birds including the tropic
   birds.

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