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Of the characters in Greek mythology called Phaethon (; , ''Phaéthōn'', ), the best known was the son of the Oceanid Clymene and the solar deity Apollo or Helios.〔(Oxford Dictionaries, "Phaethon" )〕〔(Collins English Dictionary, "Phaethon" )〕 Alternative, less common genealogies make him a son of Clymenus by Merope,〔Hyginus, ''Fabulae'', 154〕 of Helios and Rhode (thus a full brother of the Heliadae)〔Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Ode 6. 131〕 or of Helios and Prote.〔Tzetzes, ''Chiliades'', 4. 127〕 In the prevailing account, Phaethon, challenged by his playmates, sought assurance from his mother that his father was the sun god. She gave him the requested assurance and told him to turn to his father for confirmation. He asked his father for some proof that would demonstrate his relationship with the sun. When the god promised to grant him whatever he wanted, he insisted on being allowed to drive the sun chariot for a day. Placed in charge of the chariot, he was unable to control the horses. The earth was in danger of being burnt up and, to prevent this disaster, Zeus killed him with a thunderbolt.〔(Olivia E. Coolidge, ''Greek Myths'' (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2001 ISBN 978-0-61815426-5), pp. 12-17 )〕 The name "Phaethon", which means "Shining One",〔(Liddell and Scott, φαέθω )〕 was given also to Phaethon (son of Eos), to one of the horses of Eos (the Dawn), the Sun, the constellation Auriga, and the planet Jupiter, while as an adjective it was used to describe the sun and the moon.〔(Liddell and Scott: Φαέθω )〕 In some accounts the planet referred to by this name is not Jupiter but Saturn.〔(Theoi Greek Mythology, "Phaethon" )〕 In modern times, an asteroid whose orbit brings it close to the sun has been named "3200 Phaethon" after the mythological Phaethon. The French form of the name "Phaethon" is "Phaéton". This form of the word is applied to a kind of carriage.〔(Oxford Dictionaries: "phaeton" )〕〔(Collins English Dictionary: "phaeton" )〕 An order, family, and genus of birds bear the name Phaethon in their taxonomic nomenclature, the tropicbirds. ==Plato's ''Timaeus''== In Plato's ''Timaeus'', Critias tells the story of Atlantis as recounted to Solon by an Egyptian priest, who prefaced the story by saying: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Phaethon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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