#phaethon deity

[thewhisperofzagreus]

"When Helios granted the fiery reins and set his son Phaethon upon the whirling chariot, with tears did he warn the rejoicing youth of treacherous stars and zones that would fain not be o'errun and the temperate heat that lies midway between the poles; obedient was he and cautious, but the cruel Moirai would not suffer him to learn."

— Statius, Thebaid 6. 321 ff

[thewhisperofzagreus]

The astra planeta

Were the gods of the five wandering stars. They were named Phainon, Phaethon, Pyroeis, Phosphorus & Hesperus and Stilbon. In ancient Greek vase painting they were depicted as youths diving into the earth-encircling river Okeanos before the rising chariot of the sun-god Helios.