Phaeton's Fatal Accident
He goes joy-riding in his father Phoebus (the Sun)'s chariot, but can't handle it ; he causes widespread damage before Zeus brings his trip to an end with a thunderbolt
Picture No
10082032
Media ID
47295959
Size
4214px x 3406px
(3.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
engraving by I Briot in Renouard's translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, circa 1610, page 37
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