As soon as might be, phaethon set out for the country of sunrise.
But phaethon held to his choice and bade his father farewell.
In vain did phaethon call to the horses and pull upon the reins.
And phaethon heard the words, and his heart was filled with an evil pride.
phaethon, who for some time had been endeavouring to kiss Persephone, had just succeeded.
phaethon hung down his head, not at the matter of the accusation, but at its manner.
Tapping phaethon's back with her guide-book, she said, "Silenzio!"
phaethon æthereus, a tropical bird, so called from its sort of whistle.
But phaethon never rose from the cold waters of the river into which he had fallen.
Was there a great burning of the world in the time of phaethon?