Phrixus

Phrixus (Greek Φρίξος ) In Greek mythology, the son of King Athamas of Boeotia and his first wife Nephele. His sister is Bright.

Athamas ' second wife Ino hates Phrixus and Helle. Ino tried to kill the twins by roasting all the grain in the land, so that the seed could not work. The farmers, for fear of famine, asked a nearby oracle for assistance. Ino bribed the men sent to the oracle that they should claim the oracle demand the sacrifice of Phrixus. Before he could be killed, Phrixus and Helle were rescued by a flying ram named Chrysomeles, who was sent by her natural mother Nephele. However, Bright crashed on the run into the sea, which was subsequently named after her ( Hellespont ).

Phrixus arrives at King Aeetes of Colchis and its subsidiary Chalciope gets a wife. Then Phrixus sacrificed the ram to Zeus and hangs his coat, the famous Golden Fleece in a grove sacred to Ares on. Here it is guarded by a never- sleeping dragon. The couple 's sons Argos and Phrontis, which play an important role in the Argonauts, also Melas and Kytisoros and depending on tradition yet a fifth son named Presbon and a daughter named Helle ..