In greek mythology phaethon was a youthful son of helius who begged his father let him drive the chariot of the sun. Apollo is told that his son is searching for him and sends a hawk to get phaethon. Helius also advised him neither to go too low nor too high, so to avoid burning either the earth or the sky. Epaphus, son of io and phaetons friend, challenged him to prove that he was truly the son of apollo. One day at phaethons school, he was saying that his dad is the sun titan.
The sky turned black as night, with the sun only as a speck of light far above. Shining or radiant in greek mythology, the son of helios, the sun god, and a woman or nymph variously identified as clymene, prote, or rhode. Inspire your inbox sign up for daily fun facts about this day in history, updates, and special offers. After epaphus told stories of things his father let him do, and gifts hed been showered with, phaethon, feeling his pride being attacked, begins exaggerating his relationship with his father, going so far as to say that apollo even lets him drive his chariot across the sky. Unknown artist, the myth of phaethon c 250 ce, marble panel of a sarcophagus, dimensions not known, museo lapidario maffeiano, verona, italy. Phaethon was the good friend or lover of cycnus of liguria, who profoundly mourned his death and was turned into a swan.
Helios and phaethon interpretation greek mythology. When phaethon goes crying home to his mother, demanding that she prove that. Phaethons fall or beyond the guilt ii the myth phaethon flickr. The son of the sun god in the theatre of the sun king, french studies, volume xlviii, issue 2, 1 april 1994, pages 143154. King of the gods in greek mythology 2 phaethon fa thon activity phaethon m y t h a b o u t t h e a u t h o r bernard evslin wrote many books for young people and. Epaphus was also a contemporary and the rival of phaethon, son of helios and clymene. Phaethon was a young son of helios and klymene who begged his father to let him drive the chariot of the sun. Phaethon, challenged by epaphus and his playmates, sought assurance from his mother that his father was the sun god helios.
Characters places topics images bibliography pdf editions. However, when he tried to boast to epaphus, the son of juno, epaphus responds by telling him that apollo is not his father, which implies that his mother was sleeping around. Godchecker guide to epaphus also known as epaphos, the greek tutelary god from greek mythology. Epaphus and phaeton, a mythology fiction fictionpress. She tells him to go visit helios in his sun palace. George stubbss the fall of phaeton at the lady lever. The most famous phaethon in greek mythology though, was a son of helios. He started going to school, and the other children teased him because he didnt have any father. Zoological survey of india,mblock, new alipore, kolkata 700 053. The story of helios, phaethon, and the chariot youtube. What is the lesson for the story phaethon and apollo. Phaethon, the son of apollo, defeated epaphus, the son of zeus in a race and then they both started to brag about their dads. Moreover, he was considered to have been the founder of the city of memphis, egypt.
For more multimedia, look at phaethon on wikimedia commons. The myth has it that when phaethon was challenged by his friends, he. What is the lesson for the story phaethon and apollo answers. He was born in euboea or, according to others, in egypt, on the river nile, after the long wanderings of his mother. Phaethon, now a falling star, plunged into the river eridanos still ablaze. Phaeton flips out and runs home to his mom, demanding an answer to this slander. After epaphus told stories of things his father let him do, and gifts hed been showered with, phaethon, feeling his pride being attacked, begins exaggerating his relationship with his father, going so far as to say that apollo even lets him drive his chariot across the. After phaethon won the two boys got into an argument over whose father was better. Hera from first to last is a goddess on a very low level of humanity. Phaethon initial action our myth started out with a race between phaethon, the son of apollo, and epaphus.
This is a double insult, since it also implies that his mom was sleeping around. Another of his daughters bore the name of lysianassa. The name epaphus literally means touch, this is because he was conceived by the touch of zeus hand. But phaethon loses control of the team, sinks too low, and sets the whole earth. He criticized his heraldry saying, poor, demented fellow, what will you not credit if your mother speaks, you are so puffed up with the fond conceit of your imagined sire, the lord of day. He named his son phaethon, because phaethon meant brilliant in the. At first his mother didnt want to tell him, but then she said, your father is the sun god, helios.
Phaethon s seven sisters, the heliades, also mourned his loss, keeping vigil where phaethon fell to earth until the gods turned the sisters into poplar trees, and their tears into amber. Before reading phaethon by bernard evslin, please view the video prereading. Phaethon was the son of apollo, and he was not afraid to brag about it. He was then concealed by the curetes, by the request of hera, but io sought and afterwards found him in syria. Phaethon finds apollo on his throne and tells apollo about his argument with epaphus apollo swears on the river styx to give him anything he asks for. Young people can make poor decisions unless they are taught properly. Icarus and daedalus phaethon, son of apollo consequences of a characters actions lessons learned cultural values taught. Phaethons death and fall from the chariot have been depicted in a series of works from classical times. Phaethon seeks assurance that his mother, clymene, is telling the truth that his father is the sun god, phoebus. He does not listen to apollos directions, and flies too close to the.
Phaethon in greek mythology greek legends and myths. Phaethon 3, struck by zeus thunderbolt, falls from his fathers chariot. Although phaethon had never met his father before, he decided to lie and tell epaphus that. But his inexperience proved fatal, for phaethon quickly lost control of the immortal steeds and the sunchariot veered out of control setting the earth ablaze. It is proposed that the story of the hurrian deity silver, as portrayed in the late bronze age song of silver, is a plausible precursor to the classical myth of phaethon. Smy nature myths prometheus, pandora, phaethon flashcards. It is told that phaethon 3 and epaphus 1son of io and future king of. Io, zeus first wife, spent years roaming the lands as a white. With his wife, memphis or according to others, cassiopeia, he had one daughter, libya. Clymene told phaethon that his father was the sun god, phoebus or apollo, but the boy wanted proof. Prices in represent the retail prices valid in germany unless otherwise indicated.
Phaethon doesnt like that one bit and runs crying home to his mom, whose name is clymene. Pdf it is proposed that the story of the hurrian deity silver. So phaethon asked helios if he could drive the sun chariot to prove that his father was. A son of zeus and io, who was born on the river nile, after the long wanderings of his mother. This is the myth of phaeton in epaphus s point of view. The choices we make mater academy charter school pages 1. Phaeton requested to drive the sun chariot of apollo for a day. Phaethon tells his friend epaphus of his high birth and ios son is incredulous, suggesting his birth is a fantastic lie his mother has told him. Helis had an affair with clymene, who is an mortal woman. Alternatively, less common genealogies make him a son of clymenus by oceanid merope, of helios and rhodos thus a full brother of the heliadae or of helios and prote phaethon, challenged by epaphus and his playmates, sought assurance from his mother that his father was the sun god helios. Doomed from the start, phaethon loses control of the chariot and nearly burns up the earth. Phaethon definition, a son of helios who borrowed the chariot of the sun and drove it so close to earth that zeus struck him down to save the world. Phaethon was the son of the oceanid clymene and the solar deity helios in greek mythology.
Phaethon journeyed to the palace of the sun in ethiopia to ask the sun god for proof that he was the boys father. In the retelling of the greek myth phaethon, bernard evslin shows how this can lead a boy to pride and bad choices. In this way, students are easily able to locate the textual support that the class is referring. So when he got home he asked his mother, mom, who is my father. But epaphus tells him that his mom lied to him, and somebody else was his dad. Phaethon was a little boy who lived alone with his mother. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Look at paragraphs 2223 following argument between friends. It seems, then, that phaethon s hecfor was part of a scene or scenes dramatizing ios captivity with argus. Epaphus calls baloney, and phaethon zips off in search of his father. The earth cries out to zeus for help, and zeus strikes phaethon dead with a thunderbolt. The genealogy of phaethon, however, is not the same in all writers, for some call him a son of clymenus, the son of helios, by. The most influential extant version of the story, found in ovids metamorphosis, books iii, seems to echo the plot of euripides. One day they were boasting together, each of his own fathers, and epaphus, angry at the others fine story, dared him to go prove his kinship with the sun.
May 24, 2011 this fable is about how helios lets his son drive the chariot, and chaos ensues. Phaethon was said to be the son of the oceanid clymene and the solar deity helios. This has obvious implications for our sense of the genre of phaethon. This is the myth of phaeton in epaphuss point of view. His head was wild and red like fire, his skin bright white. In greek mythology, epaphus, also called apis, was the son of zeus and io and a king of egypt. My dad lets me drive the sun chariot every morning. In the myth of phoebus, there is a young man named phaethon. Phaethon sets his ride, he was scared but full of excitement of the wonders he saw while riding the chariot, as he flew, he noticed that epaphuss home is nearby, so he wanted to show proof that. Their children are helios father of phaethon, selene and eos. The affair ended then clymene married an prince who raised phaethon like he was his father. The sungod reluctantly conceded to the boys wishes and handed him the reigns.
Zeus, a little cheesed off at this point, zaps phaeton with a thunderbolt and he falls like a barbecued june bug into the river po. Why would the relatively amiable hades kidnap persephone to make her his bride. However, as he was young and inexperienced, he lost control of the horses and got killed. Some say that phaethon 3 is the son of helius sun and the oceanid clymene 1. Some sources attribute different characters as his parents. This thesis will aim to harmonise more of the phaethon episode with longinuss writings, in order to provide a more solid foundation for any further study of the implications of ovids use of the sublime. Phaethon lies to make himself look just as equal as epaphus so he boasts about driving his father, apollos, horses of the sun. Epaphus, who subsequently became king of egypt, married memphis, the daughter of nilus, or according to others, cassiopeia, and built the city of memphis.
However, phaeton goaded by the taunts of his rival, epaphus, rides recklessly across the sky in his fathers chariot. I sit on olympus4 with him, and he teaches me things and gives me presents. Your choices as a reader one choice that you will make is what you will read in your own time. Phaethon was a name given to different figures in greek mythology, but the best known was the son of the oceanid nymph clymene and either the god apollo or helios. Epaphus is regarded in the myths as the founder of memphis, egypt. When he goes to visti apollo, phaethon gets to drive the horses of the sun. The story of helios and phaethon was a widespread one, told many times by ancient greek and roman writers, although arguably, today the most famous version of the phaethon myth comes from ovids metamorphoses. Epaphus and phaeton i, epaphus, was racing with my friend, phaeton, along the edge of a cliff.
Apollos horses are big as mountains and breathe fire. At length, watching the seagulls in the airthe only. No doubt phaethon had often watched the sun riding through the. Sometimes i visit my father, said epaphus,3 the other boy. The first step i have students complete before reading is to number the paragraphs of the text. Phaethon phaethon was the son of clymene and apollo. She would bear him a son named epaphus, and live forever after happy. That is, the shining, occurs in homer 1 as an epithet or surname of helios, and is used by later writers as a real proper name for helios.
In the land of egypt, there once lived a young whippersnapper named phaeton. Helius job was to ride the chariot across the sky each day. Apollo offered to do anything phaethon wished in order to prove that he was his father. Higher and higher the stallions went and thus the rays of the sun chariot grew distant from the earth. He was born either on the island of euboea, or in egypt, on the river nile. It is told that phaethon 3 and epaphus 1 son of io and future king of egyptwere companions and had the same age, and that it was a discussion. According to the ancient myths, the sun was put in a chariot and everyday god helios would drive the chariot all along the sky. But clymene, arms full of her blubbering little son, swears up and down its 100% true. History of the moon epaphus third moon of thoriam, second planet of epsilon eridani 3235930,000 ad 1,500,000 epaphian years timekeeping on epaphus like most moons in the universe, epaphus is tidally locked to its parent planet the red gas giant, thoriam. An ensemble and chorus provide a sorrowful denouement. He gets into trouble for starting some beef with another kid named epaphus, bragging that his father is the the sun. Mythology study questions prometheus, pandora, phaethon. Soon enough, hera realized what was happening and punished the poor echo.
For epaphus 1 denied that phaethon 3 s father was helius, and phaethon 3 had no evidence of it, since his mother clymene 1 was at the time living with king merops 2 of ethiopia, who had adopted him. Phaethon was son of apollo and epaphus was son of zeus. Epaphus was the son of zeus and io in greek mythology. The god reluctantly conceded to the boys wishes and handed him the reigns. Jun 07, 2019 one was epaphus, who claimed zeus as a father. Eager to justify his claims to divine origin, phaethon 3 asked of his mother clymene 1 some sure token of his birth. Phaethon greek mythology wiki fandom powered by wikia. Phaethon was the son the god helios who secretely took the chariot one day to drive it. Phaethon was a youthful son of helios who begged his father let him drive the chariot of the sun. Phaethon gets lost and is brought to the palace of the sun by hawks and asks to drive. My name is phaethon, the shining one in greek, and my dad is apollo. A little thunderbolt just like his and he taught me how to throw it. Start studying smy nature myths prometheus, pandora, phaethon.
What was the signal that phaethon was to give epaphus to let him know that it was him. Respond to the following questions in your readerwriter notebook. Greek versions, is the teasing of phaethon by his peer epaphus. Unable to provide proof to the contrary phaethon returns to his mother outraged over his suffered humiliation and supplicates reassurance from his mom and insists that he be made to know who is father is. The nearest island he named icaria, in memory of the child. Phaethon is the son of sun titan, helios and merope. One day they were boasting together, each of his own father, and epaphus, angry at the others fine story, dared him to go prove his kinship with the sun. Poor, demented fellow, what will you not credit if your mother speaks, you are so puffed up with the fond conceit of your imagined sire, the lord of day. Prices in gbp apply to orders placed in great britain only. Which was not a result of the baby boom that followed world war ii answers apex. Epaphus calls baloney, and tells phaeton that his mom, clymene, just made the story about his dad up. Therfore phaethon must complete a run across the earth and return to apollos palace.