Ixion
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In Greek mythology, Ixion was king of the Lapiths, the most ancient tribe of Thessaly. Ixion desired Hera, the queen of the gods and wife of Zeus, and his arrogant attempt to have sex with her led to
The Fall of Ixion by Cornelis van Haarlem
'Punishment of Ixion', a Roman fresco from the eastern wall of the triclinium in the House of the Vettii, Pompeii, Fourth Style (60–79 CE) Mercury is in the center, holding the caduceus. Nephele sits at Mercury's feet. On the right Juno sits on her throne. Iris stands behind Juno, gesturing. Vulcan is the blond figure at the upper left, holding and standing behind the wheel. Ixion is at the lower left, already bound on the wheel.
Ixion by Jules-Elie Delaunay (1876)
José Ribera's Ixion (1632) Museo del Prado.
Centaur
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A centaur, occasionally hippocentaur, collectively called the Centaurs or the Ixionidae, is a creature from Greek mythology with the upper body of a human and the lower body and legs of a horse that w
Ixion
…of Ixion and the false-Hera cloud came Imbros or Centauros, who mated with the Magnesian mares on Mount Pelion, Pindar told, engendering the race of Centaurs, who are called the Ixionidae from their descent. Ixion was expelled from Olympus and blasted with a thunderbolt. Zeus ordered Hermes to bind Ixion to…
Terracotta lekythos with centaur battling a warrior MET DP161810
Centauromachy, tondo of an Attic red-figure kylix, c. 480 BC
Centaur in battle with a Lapith, on South Metope 31 of the Parthenon, c. 447–438 BC
Centaur carrying a boulder, Attic red-figured kylix, c. 510–500 BC