Ambers
The classical name for amber was electrum (ἤλεκτρον ēlektron), connected to a term for the “beaming Sun”, ἠλέκτωρ (ēlektōr). According to the myth, when Phaëton son of Helios (the Sun) was killed, his mourning sisters became poplars, and their tears became the origin of elektron, amber.
