Faeton sube al Palacio del Sol y pide a su Padre la permita governar por un solo dia su carro · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Faeton sube al Palacio del Sol y pide a su Padre la permita governar por un solo dia su carro
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; Ancient Rome
Description: This image depicts Phaethon kneeling before his father, the Sun (Helios), who sits at his temple on his throne with the sunshine beaming brightly behind him and with other gods surrounding him. Phaethon had questioned whether the sun god was his legitimate father, so his mother Clymene told him to go to the sun god himself for proof. Once Phaethon reaches the god, as depicted in the engraving, the god confirms his parentage to Phaethon. Phaethon requests to govern his father’s golden chariot for a day as further proof of his parental legitimacy.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24932
Language: spa
Source Name: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio, Traducidos al Castellano con Algunas Notas Para su Inteligencia, Por Dn. Francisco Crivell y Adornados con Estampas finas por D. Jose Assensio [Metamorphoses or Transformations of Ovid, Translated into Castilian With Notes for your Intelligence, By Don Francisco Crivell and Decorated with Fine Prints by D. Jose Assensio]
Parent Collection: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio Traducidos al Castellano. Engravings by D. Jose Assensio (1805)
Image: mta_24932_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Phaethon; Helios; Sun God; Gods; Mythology