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Phaethon

noun
1.
(Greek mythology) son of Helios; killed when trying to drive his father's chariot and came too close to earth.
2.
Type genus of the Phaethontidae.  Synonym: genus Phaethon.



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family Phaethontidae


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"Phaethon" Quotes from Famous Books



... addition to his operas he has written several cantatas, among them "The Deluge" and "La Lyre et la Harpe," composed for the Birmingham Festival of 1879; three symphonies; four symphonic poems, "La Rouet d'Omphale," "Phaethon," "Danse Macabre," and "La Jeunesse d'Hercule;" a large number of concerted pieces with orchestra, songs and romances, as well as chamber-music and compositions for piano and organ. His sacred music includes the following works: mass for four ...
— The Standard Oratorios - Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers • George P. Upton
... could I know then that Carlstrom never let any broken thing escape him? A watch, or a gun, or a locomotive—they are all alike to him, if they are broken. I believe he would agree to patch the wrecked chariot of Phaethon! ...
— Adventures In Friendship • David Grayson


Words linked to "Phaethon" :   boatswain bird, Greek mythology, Phaethontidae, Greek deity, tropic bird, tropicbird, bird genus, genus Phaethon


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