Picture No | 10082032 |
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Description | Phaeton's Fatal Accident |
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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
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Source | engraving by I Briot in Renouard's translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, circa 1610, page 37 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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