Ixion

In Greek mythology, Ixion (/ɪkˈsaɪ.ən/ ik-SY-ən;Greek: Ἰξίων, gen.: Ἰξίωνος) was king of the Lapiths, the most ancient tribe of Thessaly, and a son of Ares, or Leonteus, or Antion and Perimele, or the notorious evildoer Phlegyas, whose name connotes "fiery". Peirithoös was his son (or stepson, if Zeus were his father, as the sky-god claims to Hera in Iliad 14).

Background

Ixion married Dia, 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 are secondary to the fact of Ixion's primordial act of murder; it could be accounted for quite differently: 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, the "great one".

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Ixion (animal)

Ixion is a genus of soft corals in the Xeniidae family.

Species

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:

  • Ixion dinesenae Alderslade, 2001


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    Ixion (disambiguation)

    Ixion is a figure of Greek mythology: see Ixion.

    Ixion may also mean:

    Astronomy

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

    • Machinery

  • Ixion is a German manufacturer of quality deep hole drilling machines located in Hamburg.

    • Transportation

  • Ixion was a South Devon Railway 4-4-0ST steam locomotive in the South Devon Railway Comet class.
  • Ixion is a preserved British Rail Class 46 diesel locomotive.
  • 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 B.H. Davies, a Church of England clergymen who wrote for The Motor Cycle magazine from 1903 until the 1960s.

    • Computer and video games

  • Ixion appears in various incarnations throughout the Final Fantasy series as both a summoned monster and an enemy monster.
  • 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.
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