Phaethon (Phaethon)
Phaethon asked to drive the chariot of the sun for one day. The horses ran wild, and the earth was in danger. Jupiter struck the chariot down to stop the fire. The story is a warning about a task that is too large.
Grades 5–8. Myth.
How it connects
The sun chariot belongs with the sun god. Phaethon is the boy who could not hold it.
Latin words that go with this card: sol, equus.