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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Phrixus''' figured prominently in the story of [[Jason]] and the [[Argonauts]].

Phrixus, son of [[Athamas]] and [[Nephele]], along with his twin sister [[Helle]], were hated by their stepmother, [[Ino]]. Ino hatched a devious plot to get rid of the twins, roasting all the town's crop seeds so they would not grow. The local farmers, frightened of famine, asked a nearby [[oracle]] for assistance. Ino bribed the men sent to the oracle to lie and tell the others that the oracle required the sacrifice of Phrixus. Before he was killed though, Phrixus and Helle were rescued by a flying golden ram sent by Nephele, their natural mother. Helle fell off the ram and died, but Phrixus survived all the way to [[Colchis]], where King [[Aeetes]] took him in and treated him kindly, giving Phrixus his daughter, [[Chalciope]], in marriage. In gratitude, Phrixus gave the king the [[Golden Fleece|golden fleece]] of the ram, which Aeetes hung in a tree in his kingdom and later became the objective of the [[Argonauts]].

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Irlandos at 15:19, January 30, 2006