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Definition of Phaethon

Phaethon
Phaethon 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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- Phaethon (/ˈfeɪ.əθən/; Ancient Gr****: Φαέθων, romanized: Phaéthōn, lit. 'shiner', pronounced [pʰa.é.tʰɔːn]), also spelled Phaëthon, is the son of the Oceanid...
- 3200 Phaethon (/ˈfeɪ.əˌθɒn/; previously sometimes spelled Phaeton), provisionally designated 1983 TB, is an active Apollo asteroid with an orbit that brings...
- Phaeton (alternatively Phaethon /ˈfeɪ.əθən/ or Phaëton /ˈfeɪ.ətən/; from Ancient Gr****: Φαέθων, romanized: Phaéthōn, pronounced [pʰa.é.tʰɔːn]) was the...
- There are three species in one genus, Phaethon. The scientific names are derived from Ancient Gr**** phaethon, "sun". They have predominantly white plumage...
- Helios and the mother by him of Phaethon and the Heliades. In most versions, Clymene is the one to reveal to Phaethon his divine parentage and encourage...
- Helius, and he is often given the epithets Hyperion ("the one above") and Phaethon ("the shining"). Helios is often depicted in art with a radiant crown and...
- The white-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) is a tropicbird. It is the smallest of three closely related seabirds of the tropical oceans and smallest...
- In Gr**** mythology, Phaethon (/ˈfeɪ.əθən/; Ancient Gr****: Φαέθων, Phaéthōn, pronounced [pʰa.é.tʰɔːn]) was a son of Eos by Cephalus of Athens or Tithonus...
- Look up Phaeton, Phaëthon, Phaëton, phaeton, or Φαέθων in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Phaeton, Phaethon, Foeton, or Foethon may refer to: Phaëton...
- The red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) is a seabird native to tropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. One of three closely related species...