Theoi Project © Copyright 2000 - 2017 Aaron J. Atsma, Netherlands & New Zealand. 280 ff (trans. [Phaethon finds Helios and asks him :] ‘Phoebus, my father, if to use that name thou givest me leave, and Clymene spoke truth and hides no guilt, give proof that all may know I am thy son indeed, and for ever end the doubt that grieves me.’ ", Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 156 : "The East Wind [Euros] left the rosy chamber of Eos (the Dawn) his mother, and fanned the blazing pure all night long, stirring up the windfed leaping fire; the wild Aurai (Breezes), neighbours of the sun, shot the gleams into the air. His sister's too, the three Heliades, wept sad tears . She tries to tear the bark away and breaks the tender boughs, but from them bloody drops ooze like a dripping wound. The swift-coursing breezes (aurai) bore me on . A complete bibliography of the translations quoted on this page. The light that shone on that bridal bed come from the starry train [i.e. . Aeschylus, Heliades (lost play) (Greek tragedy C5th B.C.) The Titan Prometheus stole fire from heaven for man, hiding the flame inside a fennel stalk. . Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. The boy was killed when he attempted to drive his father's chariot across the sky, and his sisters were transformed into poplar trees. THE AURAI (Aurae) were nymphs of the breezes.
. Then up flashed Phaethon at his mother's words [to seek out his father] . "[The Titan Prometheus calls on the spirits of nature to witness his torment :] ‘O you bright sky of heaven (dios aithêr), you swift-winged breezes (takhypteroi pnoiai) [i.e. Then Phaethon mounted [the chariot], Helios his father gave him the reins to manage, shining reins and gleaming whip: he shook in trembling silence, for he understood that his son had not long to live. .
Dione is translated as "Goddess", and given the same etymological derivation as the names Zeus, Diana, et al. In the story of Kephalos (Cephalus) the dawn-goddess Eos was portrayed as a singular Aura. Pseudo-Hyginus, Preface (trans. the zodiac] garland-wise--Helios dispenser of fire was afflicted with another fire!
Euripides, Phaethon (lost play) (Greek tragedy C5th B.C.) However the poets came to associate the name with the Aithiopian (Ethiopian) kingdom and city of Merope whose people were said to have been scorched black by Phaethon when he lost control of the chariot of the sun. This matches the description found in Hesiod’s Theogony (7th century bc). 561 ff (trans. . The myth of Prometheus and fire makes us contemplate on a serious question: If Prometheus hadn’t stolen the fire from Zeus, what the mankind would have done? Ov. This river is called Eridanus by the Greeks; Pherecydes was the first to name it. ", Nonnus, Dionysiaca 47. And you may find your father's home with no long toil.
Her father united the girl to the heavenly charioteer.
‘You fool,’ he said, ‘To credit all your mother [Klymene (Clymene)] says; that birth you boast about is false.’ Thetis (/ ˈ θ ɛ t ɪ s /; Greek: Θέτις), is a figure from Greek mythology with varying mythological roles. "[Phaethon fell to his death from the chariot of the sun :] Clymene, distraught with sorrow, said whatever could be said in woes so terrible and beat her breast, and roamed the world to find his lifeless limbs and then his bones, and found his bones at last buried beside a foreign river-bank. to C1st A.D.) : Nonnus, Dionysiaca 7. Klymene appears to be unrelated to the wife of the Titan Iapetos who was also named Klymene and described as a daughter of Okeanos. But, if I indeed am sprung from heavenly stock, give me sure proof of my high birth, confirm my claim to heaven.’ A complete bibliography of the translations quoted on this page. 280 ff (trans. The Indians became black, because their blood was turned to a dark color from the heat that came near. Melville) (Roman epic C1st B.C. The Naiads were one of the many types of nymphs in the mythology of Greece.
Met. It's not enough. But the mischievous Titan in the Greek Mythology stole it and while he was celebrated by the mortals he … She devastated Caria and Lycia until she was slain by Bellerophon. "Phaethon, son of Clymenus, son of Sol (the Sun) [Helios], and the Nymph Merope, who, as we have heard was and Oceanid, upon being told by his father that his grandfather was Sol, put to bad use the chariot he asked for. ", Ovid, Metamorphoses 2. Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. He [Phaethon] prodded his father [i.e. Rouse) (Greek epic C5th A.D.) : she was up to her waist in water], as she watched her dear son mounting the flaming car, and shook with joy.". . Dione (/ d aɪ ˈ oʊ n iː /; Ancient Greek: Διώνη "She-Zeus" or δῖος dios "divine one") is the name of four women in ancient Greek mythology, and one in the Phoenician religion described in the Sanchuniathon. She was famous for being incredibly beautiful and for catching the eye of god Apollo.
Nonnus, Dionysiaca 47.
"The world's end, the Elysian fields . In art the Chimera is usually represented as a lion with a goat’s head in the middle of its back and with a tail that ends in a snake’s head. [1.2] PHAETHON, THE HELIADES (by Klymenos) (Hyginus Fabulae 154) And now, farewell!’ The bark lapped her last words. Travellers and sailors also used it to transport fire. [1.2] OKEANOS (Hyginus Fabulae 156), [1.1] PHAETHON, THE HELIADES (by Helios) (Hyginus Preface & Fabulae 156, Ovid Metamorphoses 1.750, Nonnus Dionysiaca 38.108)
Helios falls in love with Klymene in Kerne. The first may have originally been a reference to the solar eclipse, in which the sun's face is turned away (merops). For when he was carried too mear the earth, everyithing burned in the fire that came near, and, struck by a thunderbolt, he fell into the river Po. The word is now used generally to denote a fantastic idea or figment of the imagination. Klymene was the personification of fame and infamy, an appropriate consort for the bright sun. So the boy, hardly gown up, and still with no down on his lip, sometimes frequented his mother Klymene's house, sometimes travelled even to the meadows of Thrinakia (Thrinacia), where he would often visit and stay with Lampetie, tending cattle and sheep . . [N.B. . According to Greek Mythology, Apollo had been mocking the God of Love, Eros. Euripides' version of the story differed somewhat from Aeschylus treatment of the myth. Greekl Nymphs: Dryades, Hamadryads, Limoniades, Naiades, Napaeae, Nereides, Oceanides, Nyseides, and Oreades.
", Nonnus, Dionysiaca 17. unsandalled I have hastened in a winged car.’", Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy 1. Both of their names mean "the famous one" and Klymene's title Merope ("with turning face") aptly describes the behaviour of the flower. draw your own forerunner Phosphoros (the Morning Star) to his setting, and do grace to your desire and mine; enjoy your Klymene (Clymene) all night long. 345 ff : asking to drive the chariot of the sun] and wetted his tunic with hotter tears . 683 ff (trans. The nymphs were minor goddesses who were almost always tied to a specific place or feature of the landscape. the Star Venus], herald of the union wove a bridal song. Go, make the journey if your heart is set, and put your question to Sol [Helios] himself.’ ME′ROPE (Meropê). . : Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy 1. CLY′MENE (Klumenê).
Daphne was a Naiad Nymph in Greek Mythology, the daughter of a river god. KLYMENE (Clymene) was an Okeanid-nymph loved by the sun-god Helios. .
"Children of Sol (the Sun) [Helios] . And Clymene, moved whether by his words or anger at the insult to herself, held out her arms to heaven and faced Sol (the Sun) [Helios] and cried, ‘By this great glorious radiance, this beaming blaze, that hears and sees us now, I swear, dear child, that he, Sol (the Sun), on whom you gaze, Sol who governs all the globe, he is your father. The torch of love was stronger than the blaze of his car and the shining of his rays, when over the bend of the reddened Okeanos as he bathed his fiery form in the eastern waters, he beheld the maiden close by the way, while she swam naked and sported in her father's waves.