Φαέθων

Phaeton was the son of the Greek god Helios, and during an Olympic table, his friends began to waver at him, questioning his divine condition. He, completely outraged, went to complain to his father Helios, who offered to give him whatever he wanted to calm him down.

Phaethon thought he needed a revenge that would end all doubts forever. Therefore, he asked his father to let him drive the chariot of the sun for a single day. Helios was not very amused because he knew that Phaethon was not ready to guide the chariot of fire.

Despite this, Phaethon prepared to ride the chariot of fire in front of a crowd of followers. He took off the carriage with force and after a few minutes the horses ran wild, panicking Phaethon, who could not control them.

First it rose very high, causing the land to freeze, and then descended too low, causing fires and droughts that scorched the land. Finally, with no other option Helios had to intervene and threw one of his rays at the chariot to stop it. Phaeton fell from the chariot and drowned in the river Eridanus. Because of this his friends ended up transforming into swans, and his sisters crystallized in the amber tears of the poplars that were near the river.

Explained by S. Garzón