Phaeton (disambiguation)
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Phaeton, Phaëton, Phaethon, or Phaëthon may refer to:
- Phaëton, in Greek mythology, either the son of Helios, the sun god; or son of Eos, the Dawn Goddess
- Phaeton, fictional villainous leader of the "Neosapiens" in the animated television series Exosquad
- Phaeton (hypothetical planet), a hypothetical location between Mars and Jupiter, often cited in science fiction
- 3200 Phaethon, small asteroid or comet responsible for the Geminids meteor shower
- Phaethon, first king of the Bronze Age Molossians who arrived with Pelasgus
- Phaethon of Rhadamanth, fictional protagonist of the SF novel The Golden Age
- Phaethon, genus name of the Tropicbirds
In transportation
- HMS Phaeton has been the name of several ships of the British Royal Navy
- Phaeton (carriage), a four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle, named from a fanciful association with the mythological figure
- Phaeton body, an automobile body style
- 1929 Graham Paige DC Phaeton
- Chrysler Imperial Parade Phaeton, 1952 vehicle made for ceremonial purposes such as ticker-tape parades
- Chrysler Phaeton, 1997 concept car
- Volkswagen Phaeton, luxury sedan produced since 2002
In music
- Phaëton (Lully), a tragédie en musique by Jean-Baptiste Lully
- "Phaëton", the second movement from Six Metamorphoses after Ovid by English composer Benjamin Britten
- Phaéton, a symphonic poem by Camille Saint-Saëns