Phaethon

About the show

In a mortal setting in Aethiopia, Clymene tells Phaethon that he is the son of Helios, not Merops, and urges him to seek confirmation from his divine father. Phaethon drives Helios’s chariot and dies; Clymene hides his body from Merops, who discovers the truth and appears to threaten her. The surviving fragments leave the bride’s identity and the ending uncertain.