1. By: Cayla Krieger and Noah Koch

2.  The son of a woman named Clymene and the titan Helios  Sisters, the Heliads  Blonde hair  Friends with Epaphus, the son of Zeus

3.  Apollo’s eagle sees Phaethon unconscious  She and 3 of her companions go get him  They lay him down in front of the throne  Apollo thinks he’s proud/rash/accepting  Phaethon asks Apollo to let him drive the chariot alone  Apollo thinks its impossible but decides to let him try

4.  Apollo tells him the rules, go too high the earth freezes, go too low the earth burns  Phaethon wants to show Epaphus so he goes lower and sees the village is on fire, the horses get out of control  Zeus sees Phaethon, sees its not Helios, furiously he throws a lightning bolt at him killing him immediately  Phaethon’s sisters, the Heliads grieved for him so Apollo changed them to poplar trees