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In Greek mythology, Ixion was king of the Lapiths, the most ancient tribe of Thessaly, and a son of Ares or Antion or the notorious evildoer Phlegyas, whose name connotes "fiery". Peirithoös^[1] was his son (or stepson, if Zeus were his father, as the sky-god claims to Hera in Iliad 14^[2]). Ixion married Dia,^[3] a daughter of Deioneus (or Eioneus) and promised his father-in-law a valuable present. However, he did not pay the bride price, so Deioneus stole some of Ixion's horses in retaliation. Ixion concealed his resentment and invited his father-in-law to a feast at Larissa. When Deioneus arrived, Ixion pushed him into a bed of burning coals and wood. These circumstances of Ixion's primordial murder are secondary: in the Greek Anthology (iii.12), among a collection of inscriptions from a temple in Cyzicus is an epigrammatic description of Ixion slaying Phorbas and Polymelos, who had slain his mother, Megara. In Greek mythology, the underworld indicates the kingdom of deaths. ... 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Ixion went mad, defiled by his act; the neighboring princes were so offended by this act of treachery and violation of xenia that they refused to perform the rituals that would cleanse Ixion of his guilt (see catharsis). Thereafter, Ixion lived as an outlaw and shunned. By killing his father-in-law, Ixion was reckoned the first man guilty of kin-slaying in Greek mythology. That alone would warrant him a terrible punishment. Xenia (Greek ξενία, xenía) is the Greek concept of hospitality and guest-host relations. ... Catharsis is the Greek Katharsis word meaning purification or cleansing derived from the ancient Greek gerund καθαίρειν transliterated as kathairein to purify, purge, and adjective katharos pure or clean (ancient and modern Greek: καθαρός). // The term in drama refers to a sudden emotional breakdown or climax that constitutes overwhelming feelings of great...

However, Zeus had pity on Ixion and brought him to Olympus and introduced him at the table of the gods. Instead of being grateful, Ixion grew lustful for Hera,^[4] Zeus's consort, a further violation of guest-host relations. Zeus found out about his intentions and made a cloud in the shape of Hera, which became known as Nephele, and tricked Ixion into coupling with it. From the union of Ixion and the false-Hera cloud came Centauros,^[5] who covered the Magnesian mares on Mount Pelion (Pindar), engendering the race of Centaurs, who are called the Ixionidae from their descent. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia Phidias created the 12-m (40-ft) tall statue of Zeus at Olympia about 435 BC. The statue was perhaps the most famous sculpture in Ancient Greece, imagined here in a 16th century engraving Zeus (in Greek: nominative: Zeús, genitive: Diós), is... This article refers to a mountain in Greece. ... In the Olympian pantheon of classical Greek Mythology, Hera (IPA pronunciation: ; Greek or ) was the wife and older sister of Zeus. ... In Greek mythology, Nephele (from Greek: nephos, cloud) was the goddess of Clouds who figured prominently in the story of Phrixus and Helle. ... In Greek mythology, Centaurus was the founder of the Centaur race - a breed of half-men, half-horse warriors that inhabited northern Greece. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... It may have been generated by a computer or by a translator with limited proficiency in English or the original language. ... In Greek mythology, the centaurs (Greek: Κένταυροι) are a race of creatures composed of part human and part horse. ... This article is on the mythological creatures. ...

Ixion was expelled from Olympus and blasted with a thunderbolt. Zeus ordered Hermes to bind Ixion to a winged fiery wheel that was always spinning;^[6] only when Orpheus played his lyre did it stop for a while. Therefore, Ixion is bound to a burning solar wheel for all eternity, at first spinning across the heavens,^[7] but in later myth transferred to Tartarus (Kerenyi 1951:160). Typical cartoon representations of thunderbolts A thunderbolt is a traditional expression for a discharge of lightning or a symbolic representation thereof. ... Hermes bearing the infant Dionysus, by Praxiteles, found at the Heraion, Olympia, 1877 Hermes (IPA: , Greek IPA: ), in Greek mythology, is the Olympian god of boundaries and of the travelers who cross them, of shepherds and cowherds, of orators and wit, of literature and poets, of athletics, of weights and... The head of Orpheus, from an 1865 painting by Gustave Moreau. ... In classic Greek mythology, below Heaven, Earth, and Hades is Tartarus, or Tartaros (Greek Τάρταρος, deep place). ...

In the fifth century, Pindar's Second Pythian Ode (ca 476-68 BCE) expands on the example of Ixion, applicable to Hiero I of Syracuse, the tyrant of whom the poet sings; and Aeschylus, Euripides and Timasitheus each wrote a tragedy of Ixion: none have survived. Pindar (or Pindarus) (522 BC – 443 BC), perhaps the greatest of the nine lyric poets of ancient Greece, was born at Cynoscephalae, a village in Thebes. ... Hiero I was the brother of Gelo and tyrant of Syracuse from 478 to 467 BC. During his Carlos reign he greatly increased the power of Syracuse. ... This article is about the ancient Greek playwright. ... A statue of Euripides Euripides (Greek: Ευριπίδης) (c. ...

Ixion by José Ribera: Ixion tortured on the wheel

Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (636x850, 148 KB) Ixion by José Ribera (1632) Oil on canvas. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (636x850, 148 KB) Ixion by José Ribera (1632) Oil on canvas. ... Penitent Saint Peter by Giuseppe Ribera José Ribera (January 12, 1591 - 1652) was a Spanish Tenebrist painter, also known as Jusepe (de) Ribera or, in Italian, as Giuseppe Ribera. ...

Notes

Hebe by Antonio Canova In Greek mythology, Hêbê (Greek: ) was the goddess of youth (Roman equivalent: Juventas). ... Map showing the extent of the Etruscan civilization and the twelve Etruscan League cities. ...

References

• Pindar, Pythian Ode II.21-48. (On-line text)
• The story of Ixion is also told by pseudo-Apollodorus Epitome of the Bibliotheca, 1.20; Diodorus Siculus, 4.69.3-.5; Hyginus, Fabulae 33 (mention) and 62; Virgil in Georgics 4 and Aeneid 6, and by Ovid in Metamorphoses 12
• Graves, Robert, (1955) 1960. The Greek Myths Section 63 passim.
• Kerenyi, Karl, 1951. The Gods of the Greeks (Thames and Hudson), pp 158-160
• Lucian of Samosata, Dialogues of the Gods (On-line text in English) The myth reduced to lightly cynical comedy of manners to entertain an audience of the second-century CE.

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Other uses of the name

Astronomy

• 28978 Ixion, a plutino discovered in 2001, is named after Ixion.

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(28978) Ixion (ik·sye·un) is a Kuiper belt object discovered on May 22, 2001 with a diameter of < 822 km and a semimajor axis of about 39. ... In astronomy, a plutino is a trans-Neptunian object that has a 3:2 orbital resonance with Neptune. ... Image File history File links Information_icon. ...

Transportation

• Ixion was a South Devon Railway 4-4-0ST steam locomotive in the South Devon Railway Comet class.
• Ford created a concept vehicle known as the Ixion.
• One of the colors used by Toyota UK is Ixion blue.
• Ixion was the nom de plume of Canon BH Davies, a Church of England clergymen who wrote for The Motor Cycle magazine from 1903 until the 1960s. In vintage motorcycling circles he is widely regarded as the best writer of his or any other generation. His books, published by Iliffe Press, include Motorcycle Cavalcade and Motorcycling Reminiscences; both out of print but well worth tracking down for their erudition and superb use of english.

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Computer and video games

• In the video games Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2, Ixion is the name of the aeon of lightning. He appears as a large black unicorn with a curved horn. Ixion also makes an appearance in Final Fantasy XII as an optional hunt the player can undertake.
• In the video game Soul Calibur III, it is Tira's second unlockable weapon. It fits, as Tira's weapons are giant chakrams (metal bladed rings), which refers to Ixion's fate. In the same game, in Chronicles of the Sword, Chronicle 20, Ixion is an enemy.
• In the video game Civilization II: Test of Time, of the Science-Fiction campaign, (mostly occurring on the second planet 'Funestis') within the nearby star system Lalande 21185, when any of the alien races discover Circular Supports, they are able to build the Ixion military unit. The Ixion is a fast moving rover-like catapult that hurls exploding balls of fire at their enemy. While an effective scout and cavalry (hit and run) unit, it is barely (if at all) able to defend itself if attacked.
• In the video game Dark Cloud 2, Ixion is the name of the train used by Max and Monica to travel through time.
• In the video game Beatmania IIDX 10th style consumer version, "IXION" is a song under the genre Psychedelic Trance, performed by L.E.D.
• Aircraft of an airline named "Air Ixiom" appear in Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies. The same airline is referred to in radio chatter during another mission in Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War.
• Ixion is the name of a computer game published for Acorn's RISC OS computers.

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Other

• Ixion appears in various incarnations throughout the Final Fantasy series as both a summoned monster and an enemy monster.
• Ixion is a UK-based motorcycle-enthusiast mailing list [1]
• Ixion appears in the rock opera of Dr. Shock, proving a fame-hungry anti-hero who, while attempting to save the world, is thwarted by his own greedy intentions. [2]
• Ixion is a Polish metalcore band, formed in 2001 in Bydgoszcz, named after 28978 Ixion planetoid [3]
• In the TV show Xena: Warrior Princess, when Ixion created the Centaurs, he had a choice between making them noble or evil. He made them noble, and put all of their evil into a stone, called The Ixion Stone, which he hid in the Ixion Caverns.
• In the D&D "Mystara" Campaign Setting, Ixion is a deity associated with Sun, and banishing darkness. His symbol is a flaming wheel.
• Ixion appears in the Epilogue of Moby-Dick by Herman Melville: "like another Ixion I did revolve."
• IIDX artist L.E.D. recorded a song called Ixion that appears on IIDX Distorted.

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External Links

• http://www.maicar.com/GML/Ixion.html
• http://www.pantheon.org/articles/i/ixion.html