Phaethusa
Sign in to saveIn Greek mythology, Phaethusa or Phaëthusa ( Phaéthousa, "radiance") was a nymph or goddess and a daughter of the sun god, Helios. She and her sister Lampetia watched over their father's sacred herds of cattle and sheep on the island of Thrinacia (Sicily or Malta). Phaethusa wielded a silver crook and herded the sheep.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Greek
- Deity.deity_of
- Shepherdess of Helios' Sacred Sheep
- Deity.abode
- Thrinacia (Sicily)
- Deity.image
- Landschap met de dochters van Helios, RP-P-OB-17.906.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Phaethusa and Lampetia search for their brother Phaethon. Print by Richard Earlom after a painting by Claude Lorrain (1776)
- Deity.father
- Helios
- Deity.mother
- Neaera or Clymene
- Deity.siblings
- Lampetia, Merope, Helie, Aegle, Phoebe, Aetherie, and Dioxippe
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In Greek mythology, Phaethusa or Phaëthusa ( Phaéthousa, "radiance") was a nymph or goddess and a daughter of the sun god, Helios. She and her sister Lampetia watched over their father's sacred herds of cattle and sheep on the island of Thrinacia (Sicily or Malta). Phaethusa wielded a silver crook and herded the sheep.
== Family == Phaethusa is most commonly described as a daughter of Helios and Neaera, a minor goddess or nymph. As a daughter of Neaera, she would have had one older biological sister, Lampetia, and many half-siblings through her father.