Phaethon (son of Eos)

In Greek mythology, Phaethon was a son of Eos by Cephalus or Tithonus, born in Syria. Aphrodite stole him away while he was no more than a child to be the night-watchman at her most sacred shrines.Hesiod, Theogony, 986 - 990Pausanias, Description of Greece, 1. 3. 1 (using the name "Hemera" for Eos) The Minoans called him "Adymus", by which they meant the morning and evening star.Solinus, 11:9; Nonnus, Dionysiaca, 11:131 and 12:217
Phaethon was the father of Astynous, who in his turn became father of Sandocus. The latter migrated from Syria to Cilicia where he founded a city Celenderis; he then married Pharnace, daughter of King Megassares of Hyria, and had by her a son Cinyras.Bibliotheca 3. 14. 3
==References==
==External links==
*Theoi Project - Phaethon
Category:Greek Mythology