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Phaethon

Phaethon Meaning & Definition
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.

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