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Phrixus
[ frik-suhs ]
noun
- a child who escaped on the back of a ram with his sister Helle from a plot against them. The fleece of the ram, which he sacrificed, was the Golden Fleece.
Phrixus
/ ˈ´Ú°ùɪ°ì²õÉ™²õ /
noun
- Greek myth the son of Athamas and Nephele who escaped the wrath of his father's mistress, Ino, by flying to Colchis on a winged ram with a golden fleece See also Helle Golden Fleece
Example Sentences
“I like that story too. But I also like the story of the golden ram that tried to save the children Phrixus and Helle. It was so sad that Helle fell to her death, but Phrixus reached safety.â€
Nephele, the first wife, was afraid for her two children, especially the boy, Phrixus.
Nevertheless, they were kind to Phrixus; and their King, Æetes, let him marry one of his daughters.
It seems odd that Phrixus sacrificed to Zeus the ram that had saved him, in gratitude for having been saved; but he did so, and he gave the precious Golden Fleece to King Æetes.
Phrixus had an uncle who was by rights a king in Greece, but had had his kingdom taken away from him by his nephew, a man named Pelias.
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