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Definition of Phaethon
1. Noun. (Greek mythology) son of Helios; killed when trying to drive his father's chariot and came too close to earth.
2. Noun. Type genus of the Phaethontidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Phaethontidae, Phaethontidae
Member holonyms: Boatswain Bird, Tropic Bird, Tropicbird
Definition of Phaethon
1. Proper noun. (alternative form of Phaëthon) ¹
2. Proper noun. (Greek mythology) the son of the sun god Helios who was killed by Zeus while trying to drive his father's chariot across the sky ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Phaethon
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1. The son of Helios (Phoebus), 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.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Phaethon
Literary usage of Phaethon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Children's Literature: A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher by Charles Madison Curry (1921)
"The story of Phaethon is usually thought of as a warning against ... Phaethon CHARLES
MILLS GAYLEY Phaethon was the son of Apollo and the nymph Clymene. ..."
2. Catalogue of Arretine Pottery by George Henry Chase (1916)
"CLASS II (a) DEATH OF Phaethon Moulds 66. Mould for a low bowl. ... Above Phaethon
and to the right is a flying female figure with wings widely spread, ..."
3. Two-book Course in English by Mary Frances Hyde (1909)
"Phaethon immediately asked, with great eagerness, that he might be allowed to
... He told Phaethon the dangers of driving those spirited horses that breathe ..."
4. Gods and Heroes, Or, The Kingdom of Jupiter by Robert Edward Francillon (1894)
"PRESUMPTION; OB, THE STORY OF Phaethon. rT^HERE was a nymph named ... One day,
when Phaethon was foolishly bragging about his own beauty and greatness, ..."
5. Wheeler's Graded Readers by Gail Calmerton, William Henry Wheeler (1904)
"Phaethon DRIVES THE SUN-CHARIOT. PART I. Pha'e thon proof throne icicles glorious
... Phaethon answered: " My father's throne is far away from this valley. ..."
6. Stepping Stones to Literature by Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert (1897)
"... without feeling that he was in the presence of some god who might be very
angry with him if he did the slightest wrong. XL. Phaethon. ..."
7. Nature Myths and Stories by Flora J. Cooke (1919)
"Phaethon Phaethon was the son of the god Helios, who drove the chariot of the sun.
... One day when Phaethon was telling his companions about his father, ..."
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