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Phaethon
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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.
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