In Greek mythology, what was the name of the mother of Phaeton?

Phaeton was the son of Helios. His father granted him one wish, and this was to drive the sun chariot across the sky. Phaeton lost control of the horses and brought the sun dangerously close to earth so, to avoid a catastrophe, Zeus sent a thunderbolt and killed him.


I heard this story a while ago and I just can't remember the name of Phaeton's mother, nor what became of her after Phaeton's death. Can anyone help please?

In Greek mythology, what was the name of the mother of Phaeton?
In the following source the mother of Phaeton is given as Klymene..





The genealogy of Phaeton, however, is not the same for all writers. This site also gives other possible mothers in the encyclopedia paragraph. Other possible names are Oceanid Clymene, Merope, Prote, and Rhode. Perhaps one of these names will be familiar to you for an answer to your question.





After Phaethon fell to his death from the chariot of the sun , Klymene roamed the world to find his lifeless limbs and then his bones, and found his bones at last buried beside a foreign river-bank. And, prostrate there, she drenched in tears his name carved in the marble and hugged it to her breast . . .





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http://www.theoi.com/Titan/Phaethon.html
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Go to Ethiopia. . . .





Phaeton Myth


In the ancient Ethiopia there lived a lad by name of Phaeton. His mother was an


Ethiopian princess but Phaeton's father was the sun-god himself. ...


http://www.hipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu/m... - Cached





THE FALL OF PHAETON: THE SON OF THE SUN GOD IN THE THEATRE OF THE ...


advises Phaeton not to question his mother, but Phaeton wants the whole.


universe to know that he is Apollon's son and that Apollon loved his. mother. ...


http://fs.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint...





Phaeton Descending... A Memorial to the Crew of the Space Shuttle ...


In ancient Ethiopia there lived a young boy by the name of Phaeton. His mother


was an Ethiopian princess, but his father was the sun-god himself. ...


http://datamanos2.com/phaeton_descending... - Cached





PHAETHON : Greek demigod child of the Sun ; mythology ...


[N.B. In this version of the myth, Phaethon's mother is the eponym of the Aithiopian


kingdom of Merope, located on the upper reaches of the Nile. ...


http://www.theoi.com/Titan/Phaethon.html - Cached





Mythology Guide - Phaeton


said he "you believe your mother in all things, and you are puffed up by your


pride in a false father." Phaeton went in rage ...


http://www.online-mythology.com/phaeton/





Phaeton and Apollo (a Greek myth retold by Laura Rose)


His mother tells him that this is not true. His father loved her very much, and


would love Phaeton, too, if only he could, but his father is not a mortal. ...


http://www.humboldt.edu/~lfr1/phaeton.ht...





Phaeton Fast Forward


http://youtube.com/watch?v=fvwUFrhAWCY