Iris and Phaethon by Linka Preus

Linka Preus is a resident of downtown Ithaca. Her design has been inspired by Greek mythology.

In Greek mythology, Iris is the personification of the rainbow and a messenger of the gods. Phaethon is the son of Helios, the sun god. After his death Phaethon was placed amongst the stars as the constellation Auriga (“The Charioteer”) or else transformed into the god of the star which the Greeks named Phaethon—the planet Jupiter or Saturn. The name means “the shining” or “radiant one.”