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* DeathOfAChild: It is ambiguous on how old he was but all sources agree that he was very young even if he was not a literal child when he died.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Flying too close to the sun on wax wings is not a good idea. He paid the ultimate price.
* DrivenToSuicide: Another interpretation of why Icarus flew too close to the sun. He had lived most of his life imprisoned by a powerful and wrathful king. Minos did chase Daedalus for decades after the escape. Icarus could have foreseen that he would have to live on the run and chose to die on his own terms.
* FamousForBeingFamous: He is known for his death and for being the son of the smartest mortal man in classical mythology. There are no other myths about him.
* IcarusAllusion: Is the Icarus.
* MeaningfulName: Icarus either means reaching for the sky or follower.
* {{Pride}}: What ancient Greeks thought caused him to fly to close to the sun. The culprit is most likely just recklessness.
* SinsOfTheFather: Some sources indicate that Athena cursed Daedalus for killing his nephew Perdix. Likely not a coincidence that Icarus died by falling.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Almost everyone knows the story of Icarus, the boy who flew too close to the sun. Daedalus is mostly known as Icarus' father.
* TooDumbToLive: Refused to listen to his dad and flew too close to the sun, which melted his wings and cause him to fall from the sky and drown.
* ValuesDissonance: In antiquity he was an example of the consequences of hubris. In modern times he represents freedom.
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Roman triplets and great warriors. Most famous for defending a bridge against the Etruscan forces.
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* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Flying too close to the sun on wax wings is not a good idea. He paid the ultimate price.
* DrivenToSuicide: Another interpretation of why Icarus flew too close to the sun. He had lived most of his life imprisoned by a powerful and wrathful king. Minos did chase Daedalus for decades after the escape. Icarus could have foreseen that he would have to live on the run and chose to die on his own terms.
* FamousForBeingFamous: He is known for his death and for being the son of the smartest mortal man in classical mythology. There are no other myths about him.
* IcarusAllusion: Is the Icarus.
* MeaningfulName: Icarus either means reaching for the sky or follower.
* {{Pride}}: What ancient Greeks thought caused him to fly to close to the sun. The culprit is most likely just recklessness.
* SinsOfTheFather: Some sources indicate that Athena cursed Daedalus for killing his nephew Perdix. Likely not a coincidence that Icarus died by falling.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Almost everyone knows the story of Icarus, the boy who flew too close to the sun. Daedalus is mostly known as Icarus' father.
* TooDumbToLive: Refused to listen to his dad and flew too close to the sun, which melted his wings and cause him to fall from the sky and drown.
* ValuesDissonance: In antiquity he was an example of the consequences of hubris. In modern times he represents freedom.
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* DeathOfAChild: It is ambiguous on how old he was but all sources agree that he was very young even if he was not a literal child when he died.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Flying too close to the sun on wax wings is not a good idea. He paid the ultimate price.
* DrivenToSuicide: Another interpretation of why Icarus flew too close to the sun. He had lived most of his life imprisoned by a powerful and wrathful king. Minos did chase Daedalus for decades after the escape. Icarus could have foreseen that he would have to live on the run and chose to die on his own terms.
* FamousForBeingFamous: He is known for his death and for being the son of the smartest mortal man in classical mythology. There are no other myths about him.
* IcarusAllusion: Is the Icarus.
* MeaningfulName: Icarus either means reaching for the sky or follower.
* {{Pride}}: What ancient Greeks thought caused him to fly to close to the sun. The culprit is most likely just recklessness.
* SinsOfTheFather: Some sources indicate that Athena cursed Daedalus for killing his nephew Perdix. Likely not a coincidence that Icarus died by falling.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Almost everyone knows the story of Icarus, the boy who flew too close to the sun. Daedalus is mostly known as Icarus' father.
* TooDumbToLive: Refused to listen to his dad and flew too close to the sun, which melted his wings and cause him to fall from the sky and drown.
* ValuesDissonance: In antiquity he was an example of the consequences of hubris. In modern times he represents freedom.
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Iolaus was Hercules' nephew, squire, and sidekick (and sometimes lover), accompanying him on many of his adventures.
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* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Flying too close to the sun on wax wings is not a good idea. He paid the ultimate price.
* DrivenToSuicide: Another interpretation of why Icarus flew too close to the sun. He had lived most of his life imprisoned by a powerful and wrathful king. Minos did chase Daedalus for decades after the escape. Icarus could have foreseen that he would have to live on the run and chose to die on his own terms.
* FamousForBeingFamous: He is known for his death and for being the son of the smartest mortal man in classical mythology. There are no other myths about him.
* IcarusAllusion: Is the Icarus.
* MeaningfulName: Icarus either means reaching for the sky or follower.
* {{Pride}}: What ancient Greeks thought caused him to fly to close to the sun. The culprit is most likely just recklessness.
* SinsOfTheFather: Some sources indicate that Athena cursed Daedalus for killing his nephew Perdix. Likely not a coincidence that Icarus died by falling.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Almost everyone knows the story of Icarus, the boy who flew too close to the sun. Daedalus is mostly known as Icarus' father.
* TooDumbToLive: Refused to listen to his dad and flew too close to the sun, which melted his wings and cause him to fall from the sky and drown.
* ValuesDissonance: In antiquity he was an example of the consequences of hubris. In modern times he represents freedom.
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Iolaus was Hercules' nephew, squire, and sidekick (and sometimes lover), accompanying him on many of his adventures.
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* BestServedCold: Managed to get even with Minos for everything by arranging for the Cretan king to be boiled alive.
* ItsPersonal: Minos imprisoned Daedalus, forcing him to escape on wax wings which resulted in Icarus dying. It does not get more personal than that.
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* DeathOfAChild: It is ambiguous on how old he was but all sources agree that he was very young even if he was not a literal child when he died.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Flying too close to the sun on wax wings is not a good idea. He paid the ultimate price.
* DrivenToSuicide: Another interpretation of why Icarus flew too close to the sun. He had lived most of his life imprisoned by a powerful and wrathful king. Minos did chase Daedalus for decades after the escape. Icarus could have foreseen that he would have to live on the run and chose to die on his own terms.
* FamousForBeingFamous: He is known for his death and for being the son of the smartest mortal man in classical mythology. There are no other myths about him.
* IcarusAllusion: Is the Icarus.
* MeaningfulName: Icarus either means reaching for the sky or follower.
* {{Pride}}: What ancient Greeks thought caused him to fly to close to the sun. The culprit is most likely just recklessness.
* SinsOfTheFather: Some sources indicate that Athena cursed Daedalus for killing his nephew Perdix. Likely not a coincidence that Icarus died by falling.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Almost everyone knows the story of Icarus, the boy who flew too close to the sun. Daedalus is mostly known as Icarus' father.
* TooDumbToLive: Refused to listen to his dad and flew too close to the sun, which melted his wings and cause him to fall from the sky and drown.
* ValuesDissonance: In antiquity he was an example of the consequences of hubris. In modern times he represents freedom.
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Roman triplets and great warriors. Most famous for defending a bridge against the Etruscan forces.
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* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Flying too close to the sun on wax wings is not a good idea. He paid the ultimate price.
* DrivenToSuicide: Another interpretation of why Icarus flew too close to the sun. He had lived most of his life imprisoned by a powerful and wrathful king. Minos did chase Daedalus for decades after the escape. Icarus could have foreseen that he would have to live on the run and chose to die on his own terms.
* FamousForBeingFamous: He is known for his death and for being the son of the smartest mortal man in classical mythology. There are no other myths about him.
* IcarusAllusion: Is the Icarus.
* MeaningfulName: Icarus either means reaching for the sky or follower.
* {{Pride}}: What ancient Greeks thought caused him to fly to close to the sun. The culprit is most likely just recklessness.
* SinsOfTheFather: Some sources indicate that Athena cursed Daedalus for killing his nephew Perdix. Likely not a coincidence that Icarus died by falling.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Almost everyone knows the story of Icarus, the boy who flew too close to the sun. Daedalus is mostly known as Icarus' father.
* TooDumbToLive: Refused to listen to his dad and flew too close to the sun, which melted his wings and cause him to fall from the sky and drown.
* ValuesDissonance: In antiquity he was an example of the consequences of hubris. In modern times he represents freedom.
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Roman triplets and great warriors. Most famous for defending a bridge against the Etruscan forces.
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* SoBeautifulItIsACurse: He was beautiful enough that three gods: Apollo, Zephyrus and Boreas fell in love with him. Unfortunately one of them, Zephyrus turned murderous out of jealousy.
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* SoBeautifulItIsACurse: SoBeautifulItsACurse: He was beautiful enough that three gods: Apollo, Zephyrus and Boreas fell in love with him. Unfortunately one of them, Zephyrus turned murderous out of jealousy.
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* SoBeautifulIsACurse: He was beautiful enough that three gods: Apollo, Zephyrus and Boreas fell in love with him. Unfortunately one of them, Zephyrus turned murderous out of jealousy.
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* SoBeautifulIsACurse: SoBeautifulItIsACurse: He was beautiful enough that three gods: Apollo, Zephyrus and Boreas fell in love with him. Unfortunately one of them, Zephyrus turned murderous out of jealousy.
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* GodCouple: In the versions in which Hyacinthus is deified he becomes this with Apollo.
* MeaningfulName: Hyacinthus means rain blossom. He gets turned into a flower that blooms in early spring, a rather rainy time.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Had three brothers and three sisters according to the versions in which King Amyclas of Sparta was his father.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Had three brothers and three sisters according to the versions in which King Amyclas of Sparta was his father.
* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: He had literal gods courting him and at least one mortal, the musician Thamyris.
* SemiDivine: In some versions the muse Clio is his mother, making Hyacinthus a demigod.
* SemiDivine: In some versions the muse Clio is his mother, making Hyacinthus a demigod.
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* ThisOneIsNotLikeTheOther: Is one of the very few lovers of Apollo not to spurn, reject or betray the god, and whose tragic end is in no way Apollo's fault.
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* ThisOneIsNotLikeTheOther: Is SoBeautifulIsACurse: He was beautiful enough that three gods: Apollo, Zephyrus and Boreas fell in love with him. Unfortunately one of them, Zephyrus turned murderous out of jealousy.
* TrueLoveIsExceptional: He is one of the very few lovers of Apollo not to spurn, reject or betray the god, and whose tragic end is in no way Apollo's fault.
* TrueLoveIsExceptional: He is one of the very few lovers of Apollo not to spurn, reject or betray the god, and whose tragic end is in no way Apollo's fault.
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* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: In one early version Actaeon and Artemis were not strangers to each other: They were often hunting companions and Actaeon even desired marriage with her.
* AintTooProudToBeg: Before his hounds catch him, he raises his eyes towards Mt. Olympus (and he would have raised his arms as well if he wasn't [[ForcedTransformation a deer]]) in an effort to [[DivineIntervention beseech the gods for help.]]
* AintTooProudToBeg: Before his hounds catch him, he raises his eyes towards Mt. Olympus (and he would have raised his arms as well if he wasn't [[ForcedTransformation a deer]]) in an effort to [[DivineIntervention beseech the gods for help.]]
* DivinePunishment: Artemis [[ForcedTransformation turns him into a stag]] when she catches him spying on her as she bathes.
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* {{Irony}}: {{Irony}}:
** He's a hunter who gets hunted by his ownhounds.hounds.
** He's a hunter who is sent to his doom by the goddess of hunting.
* JustDesserts: Leering at a bathing goddess will get you devoured by your own hounds!
** He's a hunter who gets hunted by his own
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* JustDesserts: Leering at a bathing goddess will get you devoured by your own hounds!
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* OhCrap: According to the narrative, after Artemis turns him into a stag he runs away from her and spies his reflection in a pond. He lets out a groan when he sees what the goddess [[ForcedTransformation has done to him.]]
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* OhCrap: According to the narrative, after Artemis turns him into a stag he runs away from her and then spies his reflection in a pond. He lets out a groan when he sees what the goddess [[ForcedTransformation has done to him.]]
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* EatenAlive: After he's been turned into a stag his hounds chase him down and devour him.
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* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: Perhaps the [[OlderThanFeudalism earliest know use of this trope.]] He's out hunting when Artemis turns him into a stag. He then gets hunted by his own hounds.
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* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: Perhaps the [[OlderThanFeudalism earliest know known use of this trope.]] He's out hunting when Artemis turns him into a stag. He then gets hunted by his own hounds.
* {{Irony}}: He's a hunter who gets hunted by his own hounds.
* {{Irony}}: He's a hunter who gets hunted by his own hounds.
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* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: Perhaps the [[OlderThanFeudalism earliest know use of this trope.]] He's out hunting when Artemis turns him into a stag. He then gets hunted by his own hounds.
* NakedFirstImpression: While out in the woods hunting one day he comes across the goddess Artemis bathing and is transfixed by her beauty. When she sees him spying on her she turns him into a stag.
* OhCrap: According to the narrative, after Artemis turns him into a stag he runs away from her and spies his reflection in a pond. He lets out a groan when he sees what the goddess [[ForcedTransformation has done to him.]]
* StrongAndSkilled: He's a young man in his prime who is an expert hunter.
* TalkingAnimal: Averted. After he is turned into a deer he loses the ability to speak and so he is unable to call off his hounds.
* NakedFirstImpression: While out in the woods hunting one day he comes across the goddess Artemis bathing and is transfixed by her beauty. When she sees him spying on her she turns him into a stag.
* OhCrap: According to the narrative, after Artemis turns him into a stag he runs away from her and spies his reflection in a pond. He lets out a groan when he sees what the goddess [[ForcedTransformation has done to him.]]
* StrongAndSkilled: He's a young man in his prime who is an expert hunter.
* TalkingAnimal: Averted. After he is turned into a deer he loses the ability to speak and so he is unable to call off his hounds.
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* DivineParentage: Her father is usually said to be Zeus, with the mother being the mortal woman Leda. Some writers, on the other hand[[note]]Stasinus of Cyprus or Hegesias of Aegina, the unknown author of Bibliotheca often called Pseudo-Apollodorus, Pausanias and the unnamed author of Astronomica often called Pseudo-Hyginus[[/note]] claim that the mother was Nemesis, goddess of vengeance, which is rather appropriate.
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* DivineParentage: Her father is usually said to be Zeus, with the mother being the mortal woman Leda. Some writers, on the other hand[[note]]Stasinus of Cyprus or Hegesias of Aegina, the unknown author of Bibliotheca often called Pseudo-Apollodorus, Pausanias and the unnamed author of Astronomica often called Pseudo-Hyginus[[/note]] claim that the mother was Nemesis, goddess of vengeance, which is rather appropriate. On the other hand, the Iliad, the most famous story featuring Helen, has her being fully human.
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* OurCentaursAreDifferent: He differs from other centaurs by virtue of being pretty much a god of his own right in a centaur form since his dad was a Titan and his mom was a nymph.
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* OurCentaursAreDifferent: He differs from other centaurs by virtue of being pretty much a god of his own right in a centaur form since his dad was a Titan and his mom was a nymph. He is also different from other centaurs in that his front legs are human, rather than equine.
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** He really couldn't care less about anyone other than Patroclus, Peleus, and Thetis, something underlined when the far more empathetic Patroclus tries to get him to come back to help on the grounds that his fellow Acheans are dying in droves without him there to turn the tides, with Achilles refusing due to his wounded pride. When Agamemnon tries to resolve their feud by giving Briseis back, Achilles refuses, making it clear that he never cared about Briseis personally (despite Patroclus having apparently promised to get her and Achilles married when they returned to Greece), just the offense to his pride.
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** He really couldn't care less about anyone other than Patroclus, Peleus, and Thetis, Thetis (and maybe his son, Neoptolemus), something underlined when the far more empathetic Patroclus tries to get him to come back to help on the grounds that his fellow Acheans are dying in droves without him there to turn the tides, with Achilles refusing due to his wounded pride. When Agamemnon tries to resolve their feud by giving Briseis back, Achilles refuses, making it clear that he never cared about Briseis personally (despite Patroclus having apparently promised to get her and Achilles married when they returned to Greece), just the offense to his pride.
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** He really couldn't care less about anyone other than Patroclus and Thetis, something underlined when the far more empathetic Patroclus tries to get him to come back to help on the grounds that his fellow Acheans are dying in droves without him there to turn the tides, with Achilles refusing due to his wounded pride. When Agamemnon tries to resolve their feud by giving Briseis back, Achilles refuses, making it clear that he never cared about Briseis personally (despite Patroclus having apparently promised to get her and Achilles married when they returned to Greece), just the offense to his pride.
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** He really couldn't care less about anyone other than Patroclus Patroclus, Peleus, and Thetis, something underlined when the far more empathetic Patroclus tries to get him to come back to help on the grounds that his fellow Acheans are dying in droves without him there to turn the tides, with Achilles refusing due to his wounded pride. When Agamemnon tries to resolve their feud by giving Briseis back, Achilles refuses, making it clear that he never cared about Briseis personally (despite Patroclus having apparently promised to get her and Achilles married when they returned to Greece), just the offense to his pride.
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* BeastMan: The upper body of a man, but with horns, goat-like ears, tails, and hooves.
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* BeastMan: The upper body of a man, but with horns, goat-like ears, tails, and hooves. In earlier depictions, the satyrs appeared as ugly men with erect penises, horse-like ears and tails... and that's it.
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* StrongAndSkilled: He wasn't just incredibly strong, he was also skilled at using his strength, even ''inventing Pankration'' to be better at it.
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* StrongAndSkilled: He wasn't just incredibly strong, he was also skilled at using his strength, strength in combat, even ''inventing Pankration'' to be better at it.
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* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Probably one of the oldest and well-known examples. He is said to have invented Pankration, one of humanity's oldest martial arts that saw widespread use across the entirety of the Hellenic Medditeranean, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ923Vy1ETk&t=4s resembled a mix of wrestling, Kung Fu and Muay Thai or Kickboxing]]. Heracles himself used it in defeating a number of different opponents, including the Nemean Lion and bear-hugged the giant Antaeus to death after holding him aloft as he was invincible while touching the ground.
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* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Probably one of the oldest and well-known examples. He is said to have invented Pankration, one of humanity's oldest martial arts that saw widespread use across the entirety of the Hellenic Medditeranean, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ923Vy1ETk&t=4s resembled a mix of wrestling, boxing, Kung Fu and Muay Thai or Kickboxing]]. Heracles himself used it in defeating a number of different opponents, including the Nemean Lion and bear-hugged the giant Antaeus to death after holding him aloft as he was invincible while touching the ground.
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* TheGoodKing: He becomes king of Mycenae and is revered as a strong and just ruler who cares deeply for his people who adore him in turn.
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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: He's often described as having blonde hair and is one of the few unambiguously heroic and virtuous characters in Greek Mythology.
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The demigod son of the Oceanid Clymene and the Titan sun god Helios.
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The demigod son of the Oceanid Clymene and the Titan sun god Helios.
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Man-eating cyclops son of Poseidon, most famous for being blinded by Odysseus. One less well-known story has him fall in love with the nymph Galateia, who turned him down for love of the beautiful youth Acis. The jealous cyclops discovered the couple lying together, and crushed Acis with a boulder. [[DependingOnTheWriter In other versions, Galateia returns his affections]] and they eventually marry.
Man-eating cyclops son of Poseidon, most famous for being blinded by Odysseus. One less well-known story has him fall in love with the nymph Galateia, who turned him down for love of the beautiful youth Acis. The jealous cyclops discovered the couple lying together, and crushed Acis with a boulder. [[DependingOnTheWriter In other versions, Galateia returns his affections]] and they eventually marry.
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*BoltOfDivineRetribution: His death comes when Zeus shoots him out of the sky in order to end his unintentional destructive rampage.
* DependingOnTheWriter: Some versions of his story differ on whether he's a bastard seeking to prove his paternity, or the legitimate offspring of a married couple who wants to live up to his divine father's legacy.
* OhCrap: He quickly comes to realize that he made a mistake when he loses control of the fire horses.
* SemiDivine: Even though his father was a Titan and his mother a Nymph, Phaethon was considered to be a mortal who died after his ill-fated ride.
* TooDumbToLive: Helios desperately warns him that nobody else can fly the sun chariot, but Phatehon insists, leading to not only his death, but to mass destruction across the world.
* WellDoneSonGuy: One interpretation of his behaviour is that he was simply trying to emulate his father Helios by driving his chariot.
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[[folder:Polyphemus]]
Man-eating cyclops son of Poseidon, most famous for being blinded by Odysseus. One less well-known story has him fall in love with the nymph Galateia, who turned him down for love of the beautiful youth Acis. The jealous cyclops discovered the couple lying together, and crushed Acis with a boulder. [[DependingOnTheWriter In other versions, Galateia returns his affections]] and they eventually marry.
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* DependingOnTheWriter: Some versions of his story differ on whether he's a bastard seeking to prove his paternity, or the legitimate offspring of a married couple who wants to live up to his divine father's legacy.
* OhCrap: He quickly comes to realize that he made a mistake when he loses control of the fire horses.
* SemiDivine: Even though his father was a Titan and his mother a Nymph, Phaethon was considered to be a mortal who died after his ill-fated ride.
* TooDumbToLive: Helios desperately warns him that nobody else can fly the sun chariot, but Phatehon insists, leading to not only his death, but to mass destruction across the world.
* WellDoneSonGuy: One interpretation of his behaviour is that he was simply trying to emulate his father Helios by driving his chariot.
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[[folder:Polyphemus]]
Man-eating cyclops son of Poseidon, most famous for being blinded by Odysseus. One less well-known story has him fall in love with the nymph Galateia, who turned him down for love of the beautiful youth Acis. The jealous cyclops discovered the couple lying together, and crushed Acis with a boulder. [[DependingOnTheWriter In other versions, Galateia returns his affections]] and they eventually marry.
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