Phrixus

[ frik-suh s ]

/ ˈfrɪk səs /

noun Classical Mythology.

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.

Example sentences from the Web for phrixus

For when a famine came upon the land, their cruel stepmother wished to kill Phrixus and Helle, that her own children might reign.

Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) |Various
And so the sons of Phrixus, drenched and trembling in fear of a horrible doom, were borne along by the waves helplessly.

The Argonautica |Apollonius Rhodius
What a yearning for Hellas from some woeful madness seized you at the behest of your father Phrixus.

The Argonautica |Apollonius Rhodius
It had its name from Cytorus, the son of Phrixus, according to Ephorus.

The Geography of Strabo, Volume II (of 3) |Strabo

Now Phrixus had a cousin called Æson, who was King in Iolcos by the sea.

Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) |Various

British Dictionary definitions for phrixus

Phrixus

/ (ˈfrɪksəs) /

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

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Phrixus

noun Classical Mythology.

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