Met. 1.747Nunc dea līnigerā colitur celeberrima turbā,
nunc Epaphus magnī genitus dē sēmine tandem
crēditur esse Iovis, perque urbēs iūncta parentī
750templa tenet.Now, a goddess, she is worshipped with great renown by the linen-clad throng; now Epaphus is at last believed to have been born of the seed of great Jupiter, and throughout the cities holds temples joined with his mother's. Met. 1.750Fuit huic animīs aequālis et annīs
Sōle satus Phaethōn.Equal to him in spirit and years was Phaethon, child of the Sun. Met. 1.751Quem quondam magna loquentem
nec sibi cēdentem Phoebōque parente superbum
nōn tulit Īnachidēs, "mātrī" que ait "omnia dēmēns
crēdis et es tumidus genitōris imāgine falsī."Once, when he was boasting grandly and would not give way to him, proud of Phoebus as his father, the grandson of Inachus did not bear it, and said, 'Madman, you believe your mother in everything and are puffed up by the image of a false father.' Met. 1.755Ērubuit Phaethōn īramque pudōre repressit
et tulit ad Clymenēn Epaphī convīcia mātrem;Phaethon blushed, checked his anger out of shame, and carried Epaphus' insults to his mother Clymene; Met. 1.757"quō" que "magis doleās genetrīx," ait "ille ego līber,
ille ferōx tacuī.'and, so that you may grieve the more, mother,' he said, 'I, so free-spoken, I, so bold, kept silent.
Met. 1.758Pudet haec opprobria nōbīs
et dīcī potuisse et nōn potuisse refellī.I am ashamed that these taunts could both be spoken against us and not be refuted. Met. 1.760At tū, sī modo sum caelestī stirpe creātus,
ēde notam tantī generis mēque adsere caelō."But you, if I am indeed born of heavenly stock, give a token of so great a lineage and claim me for heaven.' Met. 1.762Dīxit et inplicuit māternō bracchia collō
perque suum Meropisque caput taedāsque sorōrum
trāderet ōrāvit vērī sibi signa parentis.He spoke, and threw his arms around his mother's neck, and begged her by his own head and that of Merops and by the marriage torches of his sisters to give him signs of his true father. Met. 1.765Ambiguum, Clymenē, precibus Phaethontis an īrā
mōta magis dictī sibi crīminis utraque caelō
bracchia porrēxit spectānsque ad lūmina sōlis
"per iubar hoc" inquit "radiīs īnsigne coruscīs,
nāte, tibi iūrō, quod nōs auditque videtque,
770hōc tē, quem spectās, hōc tē, quī temperat orbem,
Sōle satum.It is uncertain whether Clymene was moved more by Phaethon's prayers or by anger at the charge spoken against her; she stretched both arms to the sky, and looking towards the light of the sun said, 'By this radiance, distinguished with flashing rays, which both hears and sees us, I swear to you, my son, that you were born of this Sun whom you behold, this Sun who governs the world.
Met. 1.771Sī ficta loquor, neget ipse videndum
sē mihi, sitque oculīs lūx ista novissima nostrīs.If I speak falsely, may he himself refuse to let me see him, and may this light be the last for my eyes. Met. 1.773Nec longus patriōs labor est tibi nōsse penātēs:
unde orītur, domus est terrae contermina nostrae.Nor is it a long task for you to come to know your father's house: the home from which he rises borders on our land. Met. 1.775Sī modo fert animus, gradere et scītābere ab ipsō."If only your mind moves you, go, and you will learn from him himself.' Met. 1.776Ēmicat extemplō laetus post tālia mātris
dicta suae Phaethōn et concipit aethera mente,
Aethiopasque suōs positōsque sub ignibus Indōs
sīdereīs trānsit patriōsque adit inpiger ortūs.At once, after such words from his mother, Phaethon darts off joyfully and grasps the aether in his mind, and crosses his own Ethiopians and the Indians set beneath the starry fires, and eagerly approaches his father's rising.