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Encyclopedia > Phaeton

Phaeton, Phaëton, or Phaethon may refer to many different things, all deriving ultimately from the mythological figure.

  • Phaëton in Greek mythology is the son of Helios, the sun god.
  • HMS Phaeton is the name of several ships of the British Royal Navy
  • Phaeton was a villainous leader of the Neosapiens in the animated television series Exosquad
  • Phaeton (Molossian) was the first king of the Molossians who arrived with Pelasgus
  • Phaeton (planet) is a hypothetical planet between Mars and Jupiter, appearing in several science fiction stories (see Warren Ellis's Ocean comic)
  • Phaéton is a symphonic poem by Camille Saint-Saëns

Phaeton -- aka Adam Taylor (1990 - ) who will be the hero of the world and currently (2007) north america's craziest ninja ever. also called PhaetonXIII or Phaeton13 The fall of Phaeton, Johann Liss, beginning of 17th century. ... A Phaeton is a car body style in which the passengers sit in one to three rows of open seats. ... A mid-19th century engraving of a Phaeton, from a carriage-builders catalog Phaeton is the fanciful early 19th-century term for a sporty rig drawn by a single horse or a pair, with extravagantly large wheels, very lightly sprung, with a minimal body, fast and dangerous (illustration, right). ... 1929 Graham Paige DC Phaeton, a car. ... The Apollo 11 astronauts ride in New Yorks Chrysler Imperial Parade Phaeton in a ticker-tape parade. ... The Chrysler Phaeton The Chrysler Phaeton was a coupe convertible concept car built by Chrysler in 1997. ... The Volkswagen Phaeton (pronounced fay-ton) is a large luxury sedan manufactured by Volkswagen. ... Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Phaeton after Phaëton, the son of Helios in Greek mythology: Phaeton, launched 1883, was a Leander-class protected cruiser. ... In the 1993-1995 sci-fi animated television series Exosquad, the Neosapien Commonwealth was the commonwealth built by the Neosapiens under Phaetons leadership after the Second Neosapien Revolt and their conquest of the Homeworlds. ... Proposed astronomical symbol for the hypothetical planet Phaeton as proposed by Phaeton proponent J. Timothy Unruh (from Phaeton, The Lost Planet) Phaeton (or Phaëton, less often Phaethon) is the name of a hypothetical planet posited to once have existed between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter whose destruction supposedly... Warren Ellis Warren Girade Ellis (born February 16, 1968) is a British author of comic books and graphic novels, well known for his acerbic personality and sociocultural commentaries, both through his online presence and his writing. ... A symphonic poem or tone poem is a piece of orchestral music, in one movement, in which some extra-musical programme provides a narrative or illustrative element. ... Charles Camille Saint-Saëns () (9 October 1835 – 16 December 1921) was a French composer and performer, best known for his orchestral works The Carnival of the Animals, Danse Macabre, and Symphony No. ...


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The Fall of Phaeton (231 words)
Helios, the Greek god who drove the chariot of the sun across the sky by day, had a son, Phaeton, by a human mother.
With the rashness of youth, Phaeton tricked his father into letting him drive the chariot.
As the chariot disintegrates and the steeds break free, Phaeton plunges to his death.
2004 Volkswagen Phaeton (1107 words)
The first Phaetons to go on sale in the U.S. will be of the stretched variety, with the shorter wheelbase model arriving later in the model year.
The Phaeton's steering wheel, for example, has no less than eight buttons and one thumb-activated mouse wheel; the latter control is for scrolling through the information screen located between the speedometer and tach.
The V8 powered Phaeton starts with no audible indication that ignition had occurred, causing you to look down at the tach to be sure the car is indeed idling.
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