Phaethon
was a son of
Helios
and
the oceanide
Klymene
and he had a
quite short life.
Klymene
kept
his birth
in secret
and didn't show
Helios
his son
until
he was already a grown up boy. But Phaethon
didn't believe that Helios was his father and wanted to see a proof.
After a long discussion, Helios allowed him to steer his carriage.
In the beginning Phaethon
managed quite good, but suddenly he lost the balance and lost the
control of the carriage. As a consequence he
burnt a big part of the Earth and of the Sky. When Zeus saw this
big danger he threw a thunder to Phaethon,
who felt down.
He
felt in the river Eridanos
and died soon. There he was found by his sisters and brothers, the
Heliads
and was laid to rest with all honors.
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