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In
Greek mythology , Phaethon (
/ˈfeɪ.əθən/ ;
Ancient Greek : Φαέθων, Phaéthōn , pronounced
[pʰa.é.tʰɔːn] ) was a son of
Eos by
Cephalus of Athens or
Tithonus , born in
Syria .
Family
Phaethon was the father of
Astynous , who in his turn became father of
Sandocus . The latter sired the famous King
Cinyras .
[1]
Mythology
Aphrodite stole Phaethon away while he was no more than a child to be the night-watchman at her most sacred shrines.
[2] The
Minoans called him "Adymus", by which they meant the morning and evening star.
[3]
Notes
References
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Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Greek text available from the same website .
Hesiod , Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Greek text available from the same website .
Nonnus of Panopolis , Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940.
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library .
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ISBN
0-674-99328-4 .
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols . Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library