Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PHAETHON
Pha "ë *thon, n. Etym: [L., Phaëthon (in sense 1 ), fr. Gr. Phantom. ]
1. (Class. Myth. )
Defn: 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.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of oceanic birds including the tropic birds.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Phaethon
Pha e thon |ˈfāəTHən, -ˌTHän ˈfeɪətn |Greek Mythology the son of Helios the sun god. He asked to drive his father's solar chariot for a day, but could not control the immortal horses and the chariot plunged too near to the earth until Zeus killed Phaethon with a thunderbolt in order to save the earth from destruction.
Oxford Dictionary
Phaethon
Phaethon |ˈfeɪəθən |Greek Mythology the son of Helios the sun god. He asked to drive his father's solar chariot for a day, but could not control the immortal horses and the chariot plunged too near to the earth until Zeus killed Phaethon with a thunderbolt in order to save the earth from destruction.
Duden Dictionary
Phaethon
Pha e thon Eigenname |Ph a ethon |griechische Sagengestalt; Sohn des Helios
phaethonisch
pha e tho nisch Adjektiv bildungssprachlich phaethontisch |phaeth o nisch |nach Phaethon, dem Sohn des Sonnengottes in der griechischen Sage kühn, verwegen
phaethontisch
pha e thon tisch Adjektiv bildungssprachlich phaethonisch |phaeth o ntisch |nach Phaethon, dem Sohn des Sonnengottes in der griechischen Sage kühn, verwegen
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