463:
442:
33:
356:
164:
432:. Whether the Etruscans shared the Ixion figure with Hellenes from early times or whether Ixion figured among those Greek myths that were adapted at later dates to fit the Etruscan world-view is unknown. The figure on the mirror-back is shown as winged, a characteristic shared with Etruscan
646:"come, let us turn to lovemaking. For never did such desire for goddess or woman ever flood over me, taming the heart in my breast, not even when I loved Ixion's wife, who bore Peirithoös, the gods' equal in counsel..." Tactless, Zeus lists several more of his conquests to Hera.
383:
suggested an origin in rain-making magic, with which he concurs: "In Ixion's case the necessary warning about the conduct of magic has taken the form of blasphemous and dangerous conduct on the part of the first officiant."
231:. 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
1008:
including the
Principal Fragments with an Introduction and an English Translation by Sir John Sandys, Litt.D., FBA. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1937.
875:
mirror, Ixion is shown spread-eagled to a firewheel, with mushroom tinder at his feet" (Graves 1960, §63.2) The wheel has been recognized as the solar wheel at least since Arthur
Bernard Cook,
899:
with an
English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4.
330:
that was always spinning. Therefore, Ixion was bound to a burning solar wheel for all eternity, at first spinning across the heavens, but in later myth transferred to
268:). Thereafter, Ixion lived as an outlaw and was shunned. By killing his father-in-law, Ixion was reckoned the first man guilty of kin-slaying in Greek mythology.
250:
1062:
659:, the daughter of Hera, and indeed was probably the name for Hera herself, as 'she who belongs to Zeus' or 'the Heavenly one'" (Kerenyi 1951:159).
411:
1176:
684:
375:
Robert L. Fowler observes that "The details are very odd, the narrative motivation creaks at every juncture ... the myth smacks of
462:
227:, so Deioneus stole some of Ixion's horses in retaliation. Ixion concealed his resentment and invited his father-in-law to a feast at
1038:
1161:
32:
1009:
975:
256:
Ixion went mad, defiled by his act; the neighboring princes were so offended by this act of treachery and violation of
1166:
1156:
823:
86:
1127:
892:
630:
441:
924:. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8.
925:
1151:
1072:
1048:
1027:
998:
935:
1061:
Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard
University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924.
903:
900:
300:
295:"cloud") and tricked Ixion into coupling with it. From the union of Ixion and the false-Hera cloud came
961:
Book IX–X translated by
Jonathan Alexander from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826.
1115:
1146:
287:. Zeus found out about his intentions and made a cloud in the shape of Hera, which became known as
934:. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890.
917:
815:
1186:
1171:
921:
355:
279:
and introduced him at the table of the gods. Instead of being grateful, Ixion grew lustful for
24:
948:
translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas
Publications in Humanistic Studies.
879:, 1914, pp. 197–98, and pl. XVII, the bronze Etruscan mirror engraved with Ixion on his wheel.
812:
The
Longman Anthology of British Literature: Volume 2A: The Romantics and Their Contemporaries
872:
871:(series The Legendary Past, British Museum/University of Texas), 2006, p. 29 fig. 15; "On an
246:
941:
128:
40:
8:
421:, for he is depicted bound to the spoked wheel, engraved on the back of a bronze mirror,
399:
363:
196:
168:
696:
184:
988:
737:
1191:
819:
470:
380:
187:(blond figure) standing behind the wheel, manning it, with Ixion already tied to it.
262:
that they refused to perform the rituals that would cleanse Ixion of his guilt (see
163:
1181:
962:
909:
656:
576:
338:
304:
180:
176:
57:
838:
Fowler, "The myth of
Kephalos as aition of rain-magic (Pherekydes FrGHist 3F34)",
223:), and promised his father-in-law a valuable present. However, he did not pay the
1131:
529:
455:
233:
212:
204:
47:
600:
Peirithoös, too slew a kinsman, which occasioned his own wandering in search of
450:
429:
96:
445:
1140:
1084:
625:
524:
327:
284:
276:
258:
1098:
954:
733:
487:
414:
each wrote a tragedy of Ixion though none of these accounts have survived.
1120:
867:
BM GR 1900.6–11.3, illustrated in
Larissa Bonfante and Judith Swaddling,
319:
224:
20:
192:
987:
translated by Fowler, H W and F G. Oxford: The
Clarendon Press. 1905.
681:
602:
418:
407:
403:
264:
144:
191:
sits at Mercury's feet; a Roman fresco from the eastern wall of the
784:
492:
376:
349:
331:
220:
216:
172:
140:
136:
112:
949:
560:
345:
312:
288:
242:
238:
228:
200:
188:
108:
1037:
Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910.
1054:
1015:
980:
967:
717:
588:
547:
542:
474:
434:
388:
323:
308:
296:
132:
271:
This act alone would warrant Ixion a terrible punishment, but
1116:
The Warburg Institute Iconographic Database (images of Ixion)
348:
played his lyre during his trip to the Underworld to rescue
337:
Some versions of the myth portray Ixion as being trapped in
620:
280:
272:
148:
124:
75:
72:
997:
Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896.
515:, shows that the stress should be on the second syllable.
60:
1105:. London: Thames & Hudson, 1951 (pp. 158–160).
237:, among a collection of inscriptions from a temple in
87:
78:
69:
63:
1073:
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
1049:
Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library
1010:
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
999:
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
936:
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
467:
King Ixion fooled by Juno, whom he wanted to seduce
318:Ixion was expelled from Olympus and blasted with a
315:, who are called the Ixionidae from their descent.
66:
241:, is an epigrammatic description of Ixion slaying
107:.: Ἰξίονος means 'strong native') was king of the
1123:A Dictionary of Shakespeare's Classical Mythology
438:and Underworld figures rather than human heroes.
398:) expands on the example of Ixion, applicable to
1138:
1047:. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900.
1026:. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900.
1071:edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
1063:Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
1039:Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
976:Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
901:Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
1028:Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
773:The meticulous Pindar mentions the feathers.
974:translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990.
151:were his father, as Zeus claims to Hera in
904:Greek text available from the same website
840:Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik
950:Online version at the Topos Text Project.
708:He was already wedded to her double, Dia.
926:Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
461:
440:
354:
162:
31:
856:The Mycenaean Origin of Greek Mythology
311:, Pindar told, engendering the race of
1139:
283:, Zeus's wife, a further violation of
275:took pity on Ixion and brought him to
167:Punishment of Ixion: in the center is
16:King of the Lapiths in Greek mythology
417:Ixion was a figure also known to the
402:, the tyrant of whom the poet sings.
183:stands and gestures. On the left is
1177:Characters in Book VI of the Aeneid
13:
1078:
14:
1203:
1109:
946:Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus
877:Zeus: A Study in Ancient Religion
56:
861:
848:
832:
804:
795:
776:
767:
754:
745:
727:
711:
702:
699:of myth is not the same figure.
689:
675:
662:
649:
179:sits on her throne. Behind her
143:, whose name connotes "fiery".
1045:Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics
1024:Aeneid, and Georgics of Vergil
932:Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1–2
655:Dia "is only another name for
640:
609:
594:
582:
570:
554:
536:
518:
505:
1:
886:
422:
392:
158:
1121:Gaelle Ginestet, "Ixion" in
741:9.20 line 464, 469 & 477
249:, who had slain his mother,
147:was his son (or stepson, if
139:, or the notorious evildoer
111:, the most ancient tribe of
7:
1162:Condemned souls in Tartarus
989:Online version at theoi.com
963:Online version at theio.com
533:, section 50 s.v. Asclepius
481:
370:
10:
1208:
18:
751:Apollodorus, Epitome 1.20
511:The Latin transcription,
352:did it stop for a while.
118:
100:
1167:Metamorphoses characters
1157:Kings in Greek mythology
1125:(2009–), ed. Yves Peyré.
1059:The Geography of Strabo.
1043:Publius Vergilius Maro,
1033:Publius Vergilius Maro,
788:3.39 & 4.486; Ovid,
498:
1130:1 December 2020 at the
918:Charles Henry Oldfather
816:Pearson Education, Inc.
391:'s Second Pythian Ode (
19:For the planetoid, see
1103:The Gods of the Greeks
1016:Publius Vergilius Maro
993:Luciani Samosatensis,
922:Loeb Classical Library
914:The Library of History
858:(1931) p. 135 note 19.
478:
459:
387:In the fifth century,
367:
208:
43:
25:Ixion (disambiguation)
23:. For other uses, see
985:Dialogues of the Gods
792:4.461–465 & 10.42
670:Bibliotheca historica
617:Bibliotheca historica
465:
444:
358:
303:, who mated with the
166:
123:Ixion was the son of
35:
1152:Kings of the Lapiths
942:Gaius Julius Hyginus
285:guest–host relations
41:Cornelis van Haarlem
818:2006. p. 731.
400:Hiero I of Syracuse
364:Jules-Elie Delaunay
326:to bind Ixion to a
253:, the "great one".
197:House of the Vettii
1006:The Odes of Pindar
981:Lucian of Samosata
959:Book of Histories,
930:Diodorus Siculus,
920:. Twelve volumes.
695:The more familiar
668:Diodorus Siculus,
637:14.2, 79 & 257
633:, 1.8.2; Hyginus,
615:Diodorus Siculus,
479:
460:
368:
328:winged fiery wheel
209:
44:
814:. United States:
471:Peter Paul Rubens
426: 460–450 BC
396: 476–468 BC
379:." He notes that
341:after his death.
175:and on the right
37:The Fall of Ixion
1199:
1147:Children of Ares
910:Diodorus Siculus
880:
865:
859:
852:
846:
836:
830:
829:
808:
802:
801:Kerenyi 1951:160
799:
793:
780:
774:
771:
765:
758:
752:
749:
743:
731:
725:
715:
709:
706:
700:
693:
687:
679:
673:
666:
660:
653:
647:
644:
638:
613:
607:
598:
592:
586:
580:
577:Diodorus Siculus
574:
568:
558:
552:
540:
534:
522:
516:
509:
427:
424:
397:
394:
215:, a daughter of
102:
91:
85:
84:
81:
80:
77:
74:
71:
68:
65:
62:
1207:
1206:
1202:
1201:
1200:
1198:
1197:
1196:
1137:
1136:
1132:Wayback Machine
1112:
1089:The Greek Myths
1087:, (1955) 1960.
1081:
1079:Further reading
889:
884:
883:
866:
862:
853:
849:
837:
833:
826:
810:
809:
805:
800:
796:
781:
777:
772:
768:
759:
755:
750:
746:
732:
728:
716:
712:
707:
703:
694:
690:
680:
676:
667:
663:
654:
650:
645:
641:
614:
610:
599:
595:
587:
583:
575:
571:
559:
555:
541:
537:
530:The Greek Myths
523:
519:
510:
506:
501:
484:
456:Museo del Prado
425:
395:
373:
322:. Zeus ordered
234:Greek Anthology
161:
121:
89:
59:
55:
48:Greek mythology
28:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1205:
1195:
1194:
1189:
1184:
1179:
1174:
1169:
1164:
1159:
1154:
1149:
1135:
1134:
1118:
1111:
1110:External links
1108:
1107:
1106:
1096:
1085:Graves, Robert
1080:
1077:
1076:
1075:
1065:
1052:
1041:
1031:
1013:
1002:
991:
978:
965:
952:
939:
928:
916:translated by
907:
888:
885:
882:
881:
869:Etruscan Myths
860:
847:
831:
824:
803:
794:
775:
766:
753:
744:
726:
722:Dialogi Deorum
710:
701:
688:
674:
661:
648:
639:
608:
593:
581:
569:
553:
535:
517:
503:
502:
500:
497:
496:
495:
490:
483:
480:
430:British Museum
381:Martin Nilsson
372:
369:
211:Ixion married
160:
157:
120:
117:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1204:
1193:
1190:
1188:
1187:Deeds of Zeus
1185:
1183:
1180:
1178:
1175:
1173:
1172:Deeds of Hera
1170:
1168:
1165:
1163:
1160:
1158:
1155:
1153:
1150:
1148:
1145:
1144:
1142:
1133:
1129:
1126:
1124:
1119:
1117:
1114:
1113:
1104:
1100:
1099:Kerenyi, Karl
1097:
1094:
1091:, Section 63
1090:
1086:
1083:
1082:
1074:
1070:
1066:
1064:
1060:
1056:
1053:
1050:
1046:
1042:
1040:
1036:
1032:
1029:
1025:
1021:
1017:
1014:
1011:
1007:
1003:
1000:
996:
995:Opera. Vol I.
992:
990:
986:
982:
979:
977:
973:
969:
966:
964:
960:
956:
953:
951:
947:
943:
940:
937:
933:
929:
927:
923:
919:
915:
911:
908:
905:
902:
898:
894:
891:
890:
878:
874:
870:
864:
857:
851:
845:(1993:29–42).
844:
841:
835:
827:
825:0-321-33394-2
821:
817:
813:
807:
798:
791:
790:Metamorphoses
787:
786:
779:
770:
763:
757:
748:
742:
740:
735:
730:
723:
719:
714:
705:
698:
692:
686:
683:
678:
671:
665:
658:
652:
643:
636:
632:
628:
627:
626:Metamorphoses
622:
618:
612:
605:
604:
597:
590:
585:
578:
573:
566:
562:
557:
550:
549:
544:
539:
532:
531:
526:
525:Robert Graves
521:
514:
508:
504:
494:
491:
489:
486:
485:
476:
475:Louvre Museum
472:
468:
464:
457:
453:
452:
447:
443:
439:
437:
436:
431:
420:
415:
413:
409:
405:
401:
390:
385:
382:
378:
365:
361:
357:
353:
351:
347:
342:
340:
335:
333:
329:
325:
321:
316:
314:
310:
306:
302:
298:
294:
290:
286:
282:
278:
274:
269:
267:
266:
261:
260:
254:
252:
248:
244:
240:
236:
235:
230:
226:
222:
218:
214:
206:
202:
198:
194:
190:
186:
182:
178:
174:
170:
165:
156:
154:
150:
146:
142:
138:
134:
130:
126:
116:
114:
110:
106:
98:
94:
93:
83:
53:
49:
42:
38:
34:
30:
26:
22:
1122:
1102:
1092:
1088:
1068:
1058:
1044:
1034:
1023:
1019:
1005:
994:
984:
971:
958:
955:John Tzetzes
945:
931:
913:
896:
876:
868:
863:
855:
850:
842:
839:
834:
811:
806:
797:
789:
783:
778:
769:
761:
756:
747:
738:
729:
721:
713:
704:
691:
677:
669:
664:
651:
642:
634:
624:
616:
611:
601:
596:
584:
572:
564:
556:
546:
538:
528:
520:
512:
507:
466:
449:
433:
416:
386:
374:
359:
343:
336:
317:
309:Mount Pelion
292:
270:
263:
257:
255:
232:
210:
205:Fourth Style
171:holding the
152:
122:
104:
51:
45:
36:
29:
1069:Geographica
897:The Library
893:Apollodorus
762:Pythian Ode
631:Apollodorus
591:, 9, p. 442
446:José Ribera
412:Timasitheos
320:thunderbolt
225:bride price
207:(60–79 AD).
21:28978 Ixion
1141:Categories
887:References
344:Only when
193:triclinium
159:Background
854:Nilsson,
739:Chiliades
685:(Gk text)
603:catharsis
428:, in the
419:Etruscans
408:Euripides
404:Aeschylus
377:aetiology
307:mares on
305:Magnesian
301:Centauros
265:catharsis
247:Polymelos
145:Pirithous
1192:Centaurs
1128:Archived
1067:Strabo,
1020:Bucolics
1004:Pindar,
873:Etruscan
785:Georgics
782:Virgil,
760:Pindar,
629:12.210;
619:4.63.1;
579:, 4.69.3
493:Sisyphus
482:See also
473:, 1615 (
454:, 1632 (
435:daimones
371:Analysis
350:Eurydice
332:Tartarus
313:Centaurs
217:Deioneus
173:caduceus
141:Phlegyas
137:Perimele
129:Leonteus
113:Thessaly
1182:Lapiths
1035:Aeneid.
734:Tzetzes
635:Fabulae
565:Fabulae
561:Hyginus
488:Wanyūdō
346:Orpheus
289:Nephele
277:Olympus
243:Phorbas
239:Cyzicus
229:Larissa
221:Eioneus
201:Pompeii
195:in the
189:Nephele
169:Mercury
109:Lapiths
1093:passim
1055:Strabo
968:Pindar
822:
718:Lucian
697:Megara
672:4.69.3
589:Strabo
548:Aeneid
543:Virgil
389:Pindar
366:, 1876
324:Hermes
297:Imbros
293:nephos
291:(from
251:Megara
185:Vulcan
133:Antion
119:Family
551:6.601
513:Ixīōn
499:Notes
469:, by
451:Ixion
360:Ixion
339:Hades
259:xenia
155:14).
153:Iliad
131:, or
127:, or
101:Ἰξίων
97:Greek
52:Ixion
972:Odes
820:ISBN
682:3.12
657:Hebe
621:Ovid
410:and
281:Hera
273:Zeus
245:and
219:(or
181:Iris
177:Juno
149:Zeus
135:and
125:Ares
448:'s
362:by
299:or
213:Dia
105:gen
92:-ən
88:ik-
46:In
39:by
1143::
1101:.
1057:,
1022:,
1018:,
983:,
970:,
957:,
944:,
912:,
895:,
843:97
736:,
720:,
623:,
567:62
563:,
545:,
527:.
458:).
423:c.
406:,
393:c.
334:.
203:,
199:,
115:.
103:,
99::
95:;
90:SY
73:aɪ
50:,
1095:.
1051:.
1030:.
1012:.
1001:.
938:.
906:.
828:.
764:2
724:9
606:.
477:)
82:/
79:n
76:ə
70:s
67:ˈ
64:k
61:ɪ
58:/
54:(
27:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
