# De Incredibilibus [Περὶ Φαέθοντος.]

Palaiphatos, De Incredibilibus, [Περὶ Φαέθοντος.]. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/palaiphatos/de-incredibilibus/%5B%CE%A0%CE%B5%CF%81%E1%BD%B6%20%CE%A6%CE%B1%CE%AD%CE%B8%CE%BF%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82.%5D

Φαέθων ὁ τοῦ Ἡλίου παῖς, πόθον ἐσχηκὼς παράλογον ἐπιβῆναι τοῦ πατρικοῦ ἅρματος, πολλαῖς ἱκεσίαις καὶ δάκρυσι πείθει τοῦτον. ἐπεὶ δ’ ἐπέβη τοῦ ἅρματος καὶ τοὺς ἵππους ἤρξατο μυωπίζειν, ἡνιοχεῖν εὖ οὐκ εἰδώς, μήτε μὴν οἷός τε ὢν ἑδραῖος ἐφιππάζεσθαι καὶ ἀκλόνητος, τοῖς ἵπποις παρασυρεὶς πολλῷ θράσει καὶ ἀγερωχίᾳ κεκινημένοις, καὶ προσγειότερος γενόμενος, ἐκτινάσσεται παρὰ τὸν Ἠριδανὸν ποταμὸν καὶ ἀποπνίγεται, πλειόνων τῆς περιοικίδος καταπυρποληθέντων μερῶν.

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Palaiphatos, De Incredibilibus, ed. Nicola Festa. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg1553.tlg001.local001/.