god
Phaethon (Dawn's horse)
Phaethon
also: Φαέθων
The other colt of Dawn's chariot, held back with Lampus by Athena; not the famous son of Helios of later myth.
Reading notes
- The Odyssey §23.238 Phaethon
One of the two colts that draw the chariot of Dawn. Athena holds him and Lampus back at Ocean so the night of Odysseus and Penelope's reunion will stretch out longer than any other.