Son of \b \cf4 \ATXht10810 Helios\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and the \b \cf4 \ATXht11500 Oceanid\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 Clymene, he asked for permission to drive his father's chariot across the sky. Lacking in skill, and frightened by the terrible figures of the Zodiac, he lost control of the chariot and threatened to set fire to heaven and earth. \b \cf4 \ATXht8 Zeus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 was forced to bring him down with a thunderbolt and he fell into the river \b \cf4 \ATXht10510 Eridanus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 .