Cycnus (friend of Phaethon)’s Connections

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• Heliades

  In Ovid's Metamorphoses, Cycnus and the Heliades mourned Phaethon together on the banks of the Eridanus. Both were transformed by grief — Cycnus into a swan and the Heliades into poplar trees.

• Phaethon

  Cycnus, a kinsman of Phaethon, grieved so deeply at the Eridanus that the gods transformed him into a swan. In Ovid's Metamorphoses, his mourning mirrors the Heliades' transformation.