Editing Phaethusa

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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Phaethusa''' or '''Phaëthusa''' {{IPAc-en|ˌ|f|eɪ|ə|ˈ|θj|uː|z|ə}} ({{langx|grc|Φαέθουσα}} ''Phaéthousa'', "radiance") was a daughter of [[Helios]] and [[Neaera (consort of Helios)|Neaera]], the personification of the brilliant, blinding rays of the [[sun]].<ref>Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Ausführliches Lexikon der griechischen und römischen Mythologie. Band 3,2, Leipzig 1909</ref> With her sister, [[Lampetia]], she guarded the cattle of [[Thrinacia]]. She carried a copper staff with which she tended to her father's herd of sheep. She is sometimes listed as among the [[Heliades]], daughters of Helios and [[Clymene (mother of Phaethon)|Clymene]] who mourned for their brother [[Phaethon]] and were transformed into poplar trees. In the ''[[Argonautica]]'' however, set explicitly after Phaethon's death, she and her sister are still tending to their father's flock.

==Namesake==
*[[296 Phaëtusa]]

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