Phaëthon Hear it!

Phaëthon definition

Pha·ëthon (fā′ə t̸hän′)

noun

Class. Myth. son of Helios, the sun god: he unsuccessfully tries to drive his father's sun chariot and almost sets the world on fire, but Zeus strikes him down with a thunderbolt

Etymology: L Phaethon < Gr Phaethōn, lit., shining (< phaethein, to shine) < phaos, light < IE base *bhā-, to shine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.