Tags: Mythological Figure.
The ancient Greek word aithôn means burning blazing or shining. Less strictly it can denote the colour red-brown or tawny. It is an epithet sometimes applied to animals such as horses at Hom. Il. 2.839 ; oxen at Od.18.372; and an eagle at Il. 15.690 (cf. Hyginus’ calling the eagle that tormented Prometheus an aethonem aquilam at Fabulae 31.5.)In Greek and Roman mythology there are a number of characters known as Aethon.