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The Heliades
The daughters of the Sun and sisters of Phaethon, turned to poplars as they mourned him; their tears harden into amber.
Reading notes
- Metamorphoses §2.20 Heliades
The daughters of the Sun, Phaethon's sisters, rooted into poplars as they mourn.
- Metamorphoses §10.290 grove of the Heliades
The Heliades, sisters of Phaethon, turned to poplars that weep amber.
- Metamorphoses §10.300 tears of the Heliades
Amber, the hardened tears of Phaethon's sisters, the Heliades.