Phrixus

[frik-suhs]

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. 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

/ ˈfrɪksəs /

noun

1. 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.”

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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.

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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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She was the wicked stepmother of Phrixus, the boy who was saved from death by the ram of the Golden Fleece.

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Nephele, the first wife, was afraid for her two children, especially the boy, Phrixus.

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