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φαέθω 1 φάω

to shine, only found in part. φαέθων, beaming, radiant, Hom., Soph., Eur.; absol., πάννυχα καὶ φαέθοντα nights and days, Soph.
II.as a prop. n.
1.φαέθων, ὁ, shiner, one of the steeds of Eos, Od.
2.son of Helios or Apollo, famous for his unlucky driving of the sun-chariot, Eur.
3.the planet Jupiter, Cic.

1 φαέθω,

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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