Frixos
Frixos och Helle
Frixos var i grekisk mytologi son till Athamas och Nefele.
Då hungersnöd utbrutit, sedan Fixos styvmor Ino sått rostade vetekorn, ville denna för att avvända olyckan offra Frixos. Nefele räddade då sina barn på väduren med det gyllene skinnet, under färden föll Helle ned i det efter henne benämnda havet Hellesponten, medan Frixos nådde Kolchis. Enligt en äldre och enklare version av sagan skall Frixos vid en missväxt frivilligt erbjudit sig att offras.
Källor
- Carlquist, Gunnar, red (1932). Svensk uppslagsbok. Bd 10. Malmö: Svensk Uppslagsbok AB. sid. 409
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Phrixus and Helle, twins of Athamas, king of Boeotia, and Nephele (a goddess of clouds), attempt to flee their hate-filled stepmother by crossing the sea between Europe and Asia on a flying (or swimming) golden ram. Helle has fallen from the ram and her brother Phrixos is attempting to save her. He fails to rescue her and she drowns, giving her name to that crossing point which became known as the hellespont.
Phrixus and Helle, twins of Athamas, king of Boeotia, and Nephele (a goddess of clouds), attempt to flee their hate-filled stepmother by crossing the sea between Europe and Asia on a flying (or swimming) golden ram. Helle has fallen from the ram and her brother Phrixos is attempting to save her. He fails to rescue her and she drowns, giving her name to that crossing point which became known as the hellespont.