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Look up: Phaethon

  1. Phaethon
    In Roman mythology, Phaethon was the son of the sun and the ocean-nymph Clymene. He tried to ride the Sun's chariot across the sky, but unable to control the horses skimmed the surface of the earth charring tilled ground to desert and drying up seas, until Gaia complained to Jupiter who toppled
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  2. Phaethon
    [n] - (Greek mythology) son of Helios 2. [n] - type genus of the Phaethontidae
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Phaethon
    In Greek mythology, the son of Helios, god of the Sun, and Clymene. He was allowed to drive his father's chariot for one day, but lost control of the horses and almost set the Earth on fire,...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  4. Phaëthon
    Pha'ë·thon noun [ Latin , Phaëthon (in sense 1), from Greek ..., from ..., ..., to shine. See Phantom .] 1. (Class. Myth.) The son of Helios (Phœbus), that is, the son of light, or of the sun. He is fabled to have obtained p...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/68

  5. phaethon
    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 ri...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. Phaethon
    genus Phaethon noun type genus of the Phaethontidae
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  7. Phaethon
    noun (Greek mythology) son of Helios; killed when trying to drive his father`s chariot and came too close to earth
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. Phaethon
    • (n.) 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 in...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. Phaethon
    in Greek mythology, the son of Helios, the sun god, and a woman or nymph variously identified as Clymene, Prote, or Rhode. The most influential ... [2 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/53

  10. Phaëthon
    Phaëthon (fā'uthun, –tun) or Phaëton (fā'utun) , in Greek mythology, son of Helios and the nymph Clymene. He tried to drive his father's golden chariot, but he could not control its great steeds. As the chariot plunged to earth it burned Mt. Oeta and dried the Lib...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A08386

  11. Phaethon
    In Greek mythology, the son of Helios, god of the Sun, and Clymene. He was allowed to drive his father's chariot for one day, but lost control of the horses and almost set the Earth on fire, whereupon he was killed by Zeus with a thunderbolt and hurled into the River Eridanos
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  12. Phaethon
    (roller coaster) `Phaethon` is a steel inverted roller coaster at Gyeongju World in South Korea, which is opened in 2007. It is South Korea`s first inverted roller coaster Track layout : The coaster starts with a 90 degree turn to the left leading to a 147 ft. lift hill. After coming across t...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaethon



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