Phaethon

Phaethon (Φαεθων) was a son of Helios and Clymene from Greek mythology. As a young man, Phaethon's friends taunted him saying that they did not believe Helios was his father. After going to his mother, she told him to turn to his father. Helios agreed to grant Phaethon one wish and so Phaethon asked to drive the sun chariot through the sky one day. Phaethon could not control the horses and began to set the earth on fire. In order to protect the earth, Zeus struck him down with a thunderbolt.