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https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/690/2016/12/Gustave_Moreau_-_Phaeton_1878-1.jpg600316The basic premise of this festival is honouring Helios as He mourns the death of His son Phaethon, His mourning journey into the underworld and then finally His return to the world of the living