Classical context With an uncanny frequency, one can find traces of classic events being repeated in our current era. Plato wrote in “Timaeus” of the events surrounding Phaethon, son of Helios ...

I n late 2020, towards the end of my work on my compendium of Greek myths, I was editing my version of the story of Phaethon.The source is Ovid’s famous epic poem about transformations ...

Nothing ventured, nothing gained: That maxim would likely strike a chord with Phaeton, an idealistic young man — the son of Apollo, as it happens — who dreams of bringing justice and ...

-Best known is the Greek myth of amber, the fossiled gum of the pine tree, which, as the electron of the Greeks, referring to its powers of attraction, is the parent word of our electricity.

Phaethon was discovered in October 1983 and named after the Greek myth about the son of Helios, the sun god, because it closely approaches our sun.

Then there’s Phaeton’s demise. Phaeton in Greek mythology fell into the Eridanos River, and it is no coincidence that one of the last remaining cities on Earth is named New Eridu. Vivian ...

When it comes to gross flattery, nobody outdid the composers who served the court of the Sun King Louis XIV. And nobody outdid Jean-Baptiste Lully , the King’s favourite. "The whole universe ...