In mythology, Phrixus was the son of Athamus, king of Boiotia, and Nephele (a goddess of Clouds). Athamas is also a genus of Jumping spiders. The king of Orchomenus in Greek mythology, Athamas ( Greek Boeotia, Beotia, or Bœotia ( Greek: Βοιωτία - English biːˈoʊʃiə formerly Cadmeis was a region of Ancient Greece, north of the In Greek mythology, Nephele (from Greek: nephos, "cloud" Latinized to Nubes) was a cloud Nymph who figured prominently His twin sister Helle and he were hated by their stepmother, Ino. In Greek mythology, Helle figured prominently in the story of Jason and the Argonauts. Ino hatched a devious plot to get rid of the twins, roasting all of Boiotia's crop seeds so they would not grow. Boeotia, Beotia, or Bœotia ( Greek: Βοιωτία - English biːˈoʊʃiə formerly Cadmeis was a region of Ancient Greece, north of the The local farmers, frightened of famine, asked a nearby oracle for assistance. An oracle is a person or agency considered to be a source of wise counsel or prophetic opinion an Infallible authority usually spiritual in nature Ino bribed the men sent to the oracle to lie and tell the others that the oracle required the sacrifice of Phrixus and Helle. Before they were killed, though, Phrixus and Helle were rescued by a flying ram with golden wool sent by Nephele, their natural mother. In Greek mythology, Nephele (from Greek: nephos, "cloud" Latinized to Nubes) was a cloud Nymph who figured prominently During their flight Helle swooned, fell off the ram and drowned in the Dardanelles, renamed the Hellespont (sea of Helle), but Phrixus survived all the way to Colchis, where King Aeëtes, the son of the sun god Helios, took him in and treated him kindly, giving Phrixus his daughter, Chalciope, in marriage. See also [[Hellespont]] The Dardanelles ( Turkish: Çanakkale Boğazı Greek: Δαρδανέλλια Dardanellia) formerly In ancient Geography, Colchis or Kolchis ( Georgian and Laz: კოლხეთი k'olxeti; Greek:, Kolchís In Greek mythology, Aeëtes ( Greek: Αἰήτης was a son of the king-god Helios and the Nymph Perseis (a daughter of Oceanus In Greek mythology the Sun was personified as Helios (ˈhiliˌɑs ( Ἥλιος Latinized as Helius) Chalciope ( Greek: Χαλκιόπη was a princess in Greek mythology, daughter of King Aeetes of Colchis, sister of Medea and wife In gratitude, Phrixus sacrificed the ram to Zeus and gave the king the golden fleece of the ram, which Aeëtes hung in a tree in the holy grove of Ares in his kingdom, guarded by a dragon that never slept. Zeus (zjuːs in Greek: nominative: Zeús /zdeús/ genitive: Diós; Modern Greek /'zefs/ in Greek mythology In Greek mythology, the Golden Fleece (Χρυσόμαλλον Δέρας is the fleece of the winged ram Chrysomallos (Χρυσόμαλλος In Greek mythology, Ares ( Ancient Greek:, Μodern Greek Άρης) is the son of Zeus and Hera.
Phrixus and Chalciope had four sons, which later joined forces with the Argonauts. For other uses of this term see Argonaut. In Greek mythology, the Argonauts ( Ancient Greek:) were a band of heroes The oldest was Argos.
References
This story can be found in The Anthology of Classical Mythology as well as the following:
- Apollodorus G1-2
- Eratosthenes 14, 19
- Hyginus 1-3, 12, 21, 22, 188
- Ovid 12. 8
- Palaephatus 30
- Earlier part referenced, later part told in Apollonius' Argonautica
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