Phaëton

About the show

Ambitious Phaëton abandons his lover Theona in pursuit of Libya, daughter of the Egyptian king. When Epaphus challenges his claim to be the Sun’s son, Phaëton persuades his father to let him drive the sun chariot. He loses control of the horses and threatens the earth with fire, so Jupiter strikes down the chariot and Phaëton falls to his death.