Editing Phrixus (section)

{{short description|Ancient Greek mythological figure}}
{{Infobox deity
|type=Greek
|name=Phrixus or Phryxus
|deity_of=[[Boeotia|Boeotian prince]]
|member_of=the Athamantian Royal House
|image=Phrixos und Helle.jpg
|alt=
|caption=Phrixus and Helle
|other_names=
|cult_center=
|abode=[[Athamantis]] in [[Boeotia]], later [[Colchis]]
|consort=[[Chalciope]]
|parents=[[Athamas]] and [[Nephele]]
|siblings=[[Helle (mythology)|Helle]], [[Learches]], [[Melicertes]], [[Schoeneus]], [[Leucon]], [[Ptous]] (half brothers)
|offspring=[[Argus (Greek myth)|Argus]], [[Phrontis]], [[Melas (mythology)|Melas]] and [[Cytissorus|Cytisorus]]
|predecessor=
|successor=
|Roman_equivalent=
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}}
 
In [[Greek mythology]] '''Phrixus''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|r|ɪ|k|s|ə|s}}; also spelt '''Phryxus'''; {{langx|grc|Φρίξος|Phrixos}} means "standing on end, bristling") was the son of [[Athamas]], king of [[Boeotia]], and [[Nephele]] (a goddess of clouds). He was the older brother of [[Helle (mythology)|Helle]] and the father of [[Argus (Greek myth)|Argus]],<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.9.16&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Phrixus 1.9.16]</ref> [[Phrontis (son of Phrixus)|Phrontis]], [[Melas (mythology)|Melas]] and [[Cytissorus|Cytisorus]] by [[Chalciope of Colchis|Chalciope]] ([[Chalciope of Colchis|Iophassa]]<ref>Scholia on [[Apollonius of Rhodes]], ''[[Argonautica]]'' 2.1122 citing [[Hesiod|Hesiod's]] ''[[Catalogue of Women|Ehoiai]]''</ref>), daughter of [[Aeëtes|Aeetes]], king of [[Colchis]].