had to listen to the lament of his sisters, now turned into poplar trees and shedding tears of amber.

In Diodorus Siculus' Bibliotheca Historica, Phaethon, the son of Helios, while still a youth persuaded his father to retire for a single day and give to him his chariot. His father eventually yielded to his son's wishes, and gave him his quadriga. The boy was unable to control the reins, and the horses left their accustomed