Phaethon (son of Eos)
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In Greek mythology
, Phaethon was a son of Eos
by Cephalus
or Tithonus
, born in Syria
. Aphrodite
stole him away while he was no more than a child to be the night-watchman at her most sacred shrines. The Minoans called him Adymus
, by which they meant the morning and evening star.
Phaethon was the father of Astynous, who in his turn became father of Sandocus. The latter migrated from Syria to Cilicia
where he founded a city Celenderis; he then married Pharnace, daughter of King Megassares of Hyria
, and had by her a son Cinyras
.
Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...
, Phaethon was a son of Eos
Eos
In Greek mythology, Eos is the Titan goddess of the dawn, who rose from her home at the edge of Oceanus, the ocean that surrounds the world, to herald her brother Helios, the Sun.- Greek literature :...
by Cephalus
Cephalus
Cephalus is an Ancient Greek name, used both for the hero-figure in Greek mythology and carried as a theophoric name by historical persons. The word kephalos is Greek for "head", perhaps used here because Cephalus was the founding "head" of a great family that includes Odysseus...
or Tithonus
Tithonus
In Greek mythology, Tithonus or Tithonos was the lover of Eos, Titan of the dawn. He was a Trojan by birth, the son of King Laomedon of Troy by a water nymph named Strymo . The mythology reflected by the fifth-century vase-painters of Athens envisaged Tithonus as a rhapsode, as the lyre in his...
, born in Syria
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
. Aphrodite
Aphrodite
Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation.Her Roman equivalent is the goddess .Historically, her cult in Greece was imported from, or influenced by, the cult of Astarte in Phoenicia....
stole him away while he was no more than a child to be the night-watchman at her most sacred shrines. The Minoans called him Adymus
Adymus
Adymus or Adymos may refer to:*Adymus brother of Europa, worshipped along with Britomartis*Adymus of Beroea Macedonian sculptor 1st c. AD...
, by which they meant the morning and evening star.
Phaethon was the father of Astynous, who in his turn became father of Sandocus. The latter migrated from Syria to Cilicia
Cilicia
In antiquity, Cilicia was the south coastal region of Asia Minor, south of the central Anatolian plateau. It existed as a political entity from Hittite times into the Byzantine empire...
where he founded a city Celenderis; he then married Pharnace, daughter of King Megassares of Hyria
Hyria
Hyria may refer to:*Hyria , an ancient town in Boeotia.*Hyria , an ancient town in Campania, a short distance east of Nuceria Altaferna.*Hyria, a principal Messapian town in ancient Messapia, corresponding to the modern town Oria....
, and had by her a son Cinyras
Cinyras
In Greek mythology, Cinyras was a king of Cyprus. Accounts vary significantly as to his genealogy and provide a variety of stories concerning him; in many sources, however, he is associated with the cult of Aphrodite on Cyprus, and Adonis, a consort of Aphrodite, is mentioned as his son.In the...
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