Phrixus
Family: Greek mythology · Role: hero · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 24
In Book 1, Chapter 24, Phrixus is identified as the son of Athamas and as having been carried to Colchi by a ram. After arriving there, he sacrifices the ram, perhaps to the god called Laphystius by the Orchomenians.
Book 9, Chapter 34 recounts that when Athamas was going to sacrifice Phrixus and Helle, Zeus sent a golden-fleeced ram on whose back the children escaped. Afterwards, Phrixus returned from Colchi according to one account; according to another, it was Presbon, his son by the daughter of Æetes. The sons of Thersander, Haliartus and Coronus, conceded the kingdom of Athamas to the returning heir and his descendants.
Relationship record
Life events
- Phrixus sacrifices the ram after arriving in Colchi.(Book 1 · Chapter 24 · 📍 Colchi)
- “He has just sacrificed the ram to some god”
- A golden-fleeced ram rescued Phrixus and Helle from Athamas’s sacrifice.(Book 9 · Chapter 34 · 📍 sacred enclosure of Laphystian Zeus)
- With: Athamas (father of Phrixus) Helle Zeus
- “when Athamas was going to sacrifice Phrixus and Helle, a ram with golden wool was sent them by Zeus, on whose back the children escaped.”
- Haliartus and Coronus conceded Athamas’s kingdom to the returning heir and his descendants.(Book 9 · Chapter 34 · 📍 Orchomenus)
- With: Haliartus Coronus (son of Thersander) Presbon
- “But afterwards when Phrixus returned from Colchi according to some, according to others Presbon, Phrixus’ son by the daughter of Æetes, then the sons of Thersander conceded the kingdom of Athamas to him and his posterity”
Book 1 · Chapter 24
- parent: Athamas (father of Phrixus) (Athamas is Phrixus's father.) “Here too is Phrixus the son of Athamas, who was carried to Colchi by the ram.”
- with Laphystius (Phrixus is described as sacrificing to the god Laphystius.) “He has just sacrificed the ram to some god, (if one might conjecture to the god who is called Laphystius among the Orchomenians)”
Book 9 · Chapter 34
- with Athamas (father of Phrixus) (Athamas intended to sacrifice Phrixus.) “when Athamas was going to sacrifice Phrixus and Helle”
- with Zeus (Zeus sent the ram by which Phrixus escaped.) “a ram with golden wool was sent them by Zeus, on whose back the children escaped”
- child: Presbon (Phrixus is the parent of Presbon.) “Presbon, Phrixus’ son by the daughter of Æetes”
- parent: Athamas (father of Phrixus) “and as to Phrixus he did not know whether he was alive or had left any descendant”
- with Haliartus (Haliartus, one of the sons of Thersander, is included in the concession.) “then the sons of Thersander conceded the kingdom of Athamas to him and his posterity”
- with Coronus (son of Thersander) (Coronus, one of the sons of Thersander, is included in the concession.) “then the sons of Thersander conceded the kingdom of Athamas to him and his posterity”
Book 9 · Chapter 37
- child: Presbon “Clymenus, the son of Presbon, the son of Phrixus.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.