Phrixus
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.
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How to use Phrixus in a sentence
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) | VariousShe said Phrixus and Helle must be sacrificed on an altar, to turn away the anger of the gods, who sent the famine.
Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) | VariousSometimes Phrixus seemed to call him in a thin voice, faint and low, as if it came from far across the sea.
Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) | VariousWhen Chalciope saw him, she wept and took his hands and cried, "O cousin of my beloved Phrixus, go home before you die!"
Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) | VariousThe ghost of Phrixus stands by my bedside every night, wailing and will not be comforted, till the Fleece is brought home again.'
Tales of Troy and Greece | Andrew Lang
British Dictionary definitions for Phrixus
/ (ˈfrɪksəs) /
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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