person
Phaethon
also: Phaethontis
Son of the Sun who, struck down for losing control of his father's chariot, fell into the river Eridanus; his sisters the Heliades wept for him on its banks. The constellation Eridanus is named for that river.
Reading notes
- Aratea (Translation of Aratus' Phaenomena) §The River (Eridanus) Eridanus too, set in a part\\
of the sky
Eridanus, the constellation of the celestial River, identified with the river into which Phaethon fell when struck down from the Sun's chariot; his sisters, the Heliades, wept on its banks and were turned to poplars.