Phaethon of Syria

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In

Cephalus of Athens or Tithonus, born in Syria
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Family

Phaethon was the father of Astynous, who in his turn became father of Sandocus. The latter sired the famous King Cinyras.[1]

Mythology

Minoans called him "Adymus", by which they meant the morning and evening star.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Apollodorus, 3.14.3
  2. ^ Hesiod, Theogony 986–990; Apollodorus, 3.14.3; Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 1.3.1 (using the name "Hemera" for Eos)
  3. ^ Nonnus, Dionysiaca 11.131 & 12.217; Solinus, 11:9

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