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👥 the Daughters of Helios

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  • Information
    sisters of Phaethon
    Gender
    Female
    Experiences
    Undergoes metamorphosis
    Death
    Dies by suicideDeath is narrated
    Children of
    👤 Helios personification of the sun👤 Clymene (Oceanid II) mother of Phaethon
    Dies at
    🌍 River Eridanos (unlocatable) mythical river of the Celts or Ligurians, sometimes identified with the River Po in north-east Italy
    Includes
    👤 Phoibe (d. of Helios)👤 Lampetia (d. of Helios II) daughter of Helios who mourns for Phaethon👤 Aigle (d. of Helios)👤 Phaethousa (d. of Helios II) daughter of Helios and Clymene who mourns Phaethon
    Related entities
    🌍 River Eridanos (unlocatable) mythical river of the Celts or Ligurians, sometimes identified with the River Po in north-east Italy👤 Phaethon (s. of Helios) son of Helios👤 Helios personification of the sun👤 Phoibe (d. of Helios)👤 Aigle (d. of Helios)👤 Lampetia (d. of Helios II) daughter of Helios who mourns for Phaethon🌍 Italy large peninsula in the Mediterranean👤 Eridanos (river god) river god🌍 River Po (Italy)👤 Clymene (Oceanid II) mother of Phaethon👤 Phaethousa (d. of Helios II) daughter of Helios and Clymene who mourns Phaethon👤 Hermes Olympian god👥 the Hesperides nymph guardians of the Golden Apples
    Mentioned by
    📖 Dionysios, Periegesis 288-293📖 Pausanias 1.4.1📖 Euripides, Hippolytos 732-770📖 Hesiod fr. 262a, b Most📖 Heracleitos, On Unbelievable Stories 36📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 24.1-2 MacLeod📖 Lucian, Astrology 19📖 Lucian, Amber, or the Swans 1-2📖 Lucian, The Dance 55📖 Diodoros, Library 5.23.1-5.23.4📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.329-2.366📖 Vergil, Eclogues 6📖 Strabo 5.1.9📖 Ovid, Amores 3.12📖 Pliny, Natural History 37.31-37.33📖 Pliny, Natural History 37.38
    Mentioned in text
    Dionysios, PeriegesisPausaniasEuripides, HippolytosHesiodHeracleitos, On Unbelievable StoriesLucian, Dialogues of the GodsLucian, AstrologyLucian, Amber, or the SwansLucian, The DanceDiodoros, LibraryOvid, MetamorphosesVergil, EcloguesStraboOvid, AmoresPliny, Natural History
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Theomenes, On Libya
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Theomenes, On Libya BNJ 764 fr. 2
    Depictions
    🎨 Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Glyptoteket 847; ASR III. 3, no. 313)
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