Phaeton Greek Son of Helios, the sun god, and the Nymph Clymene.
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Phaeton Greek Son of Helios, the sun god, and the Nymph Clymene. The companions of Pha- God/Goddess G ender A rea of influence Invidia f Envy and jealousy Liberalitas m Generosity Mens f Right or proper thinking Sors m Luck Spes f Hope Strenua f Endurance Suadela f Romance, seduction, love Veritas f Truth Phaeton (in blue) asks his father Helios, god of the Sun, if he may drive the Sun's chariot across the sky. Saturn (wings) is in attendance, as are the four seasons. Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) painted this scene. It is now in the National Museum of Berlin. 116 Phaedra eton would not believe that he was the son of Helios. Phaeton went to his father and demanded that he be allowed to drive the Sun's chariot across the skies. With great misgivings, Helios agreed. Young Phaeton could not control the high-spirited horses and plunged the chariot to Earth, causing the devastation of the land now called Libya, in North Africa. Zeus hurled a thunderbolt at Phaeton to stop the destruction. Phaeton instantly turned into a swan and lived out his life on the legendary river Eridanus, surrounded by his sisters, the Heliades, who had been transformed into weeping willow trees forever mourning the death of their brother. The most complete version of this story is told by the Roman poet Ovid in Metamorphoses.
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