| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Phaëthon |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Pha·ë·thon |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  f   -th n , -thn |
| NOUN: | Greek Mythology A son of the sun god Helios who was killed by Zeus while trying to drive his father's chariot across the sky. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin Phaët n, Phaëthn, from Greek Phaethn, from phaethn, present participle of phaethein, to shine. See bh-1 in Appendix I.
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