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Phaëthon

/ˈfeɪəθən/ · name

Meaning

  1. The son of the sun god Helios who was killed by Zeus while driving his father's chariot uncontrolledly across the sky.

Etymology / origin

Borrowed from Latin Phaëthōn, from the Ancient Greek Φᾰέθων (Phăéthōn).

  1. Φᾰέθων(grc)
  2. Phaëthōn(la)
  3. Phaëthon (English)
  4. Relations: bor, der

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