Answer:
The correct answer is A) The earth was damaged forever
Step-by-step explanation:
In the myth of Phaethon and the Sun Chariot, Phaethon had requested that Helios confirm his sonship. Helios did and become in a moment of error extended too much generosity by granting his newly affirmed son the right to ask anything he wanted.
Drawing on the 'blank cheque' he had been given, he requested to drive the chariot which hulled the sun accross the earth.
Because he was too weak to control it, the horses self-steered the chariot across the Universe, damaging the earth by burning parts of Africa into a desert amongst other things.
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