# Phaeton — Metamorphoses character guide

> Phaeton in Metamorphoses by Ovid.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Phaeton Phaeton

**First appearance:** 0011-story-of-phaeton

## Who they are

Son of the Sun who drives the chariot and falls to earth.

## In the story

### [Book II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/book-ii)

Drives the sun chariot and is struck down by Jove's thunderbolt, falling into the Po river.

### [Story of Phaeton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/story-of-phaeton)

Rash youth who demands to drive the sun chariot and perishes as a result.

### [Phaeton's Sisters Transformed Into Trees](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/phaeton-s-sisters-transformed-into-trees)

Dead youth struck by Jupiter's thunderbolt; his tomb is erected by the Latian nymphs.

### [Transformation of Cycnus Into a Swan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/transformation-of-cycnus-into-a-swan)

Deceased son of Apollo, whose death is mourned by Cycnus and Apollo.

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