Phrixus
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In Greek mythology Phrixus was the son of Athamas, king of Boeotia, and Nephele. He was the older brother of Helle and the father of Argus, Phrontis, Melas and Cytisorus by Chalciope, daughter of Aeet
Phrixus on a first-century Roman fresco from Pompeii, now in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.
Depiction of Phrixos flying on ram to Colchis on AE dichalkon struck in Halos, Phthiotis in 3rd century BC.
Golden Fleece
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In Greek mythology, the Golden Fleece is the fleece of the golden-woolled, winged ram, Chrysomallos, which rescued Phrixus and brought him to Colchis, where Phrixus then sacrificed it to Zeus. Phrixus
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…in marriage. In gratitude, Phrixus sacrificed the ram to Zeus (or in some less-common variations of the telling, Poseidon) and gave the king the Golden Fleece of the ram, which Aeëtes hung in a tree in the holy grove of Ares in his kingdom, guarded by a dragon that never slept. Phrixus and Chalciope had four…
Jason returns with the Golden Fleece, shown on an Apulian red-figure calyx krater, c. 340–330 BC
A sluice box used in placer mining
Athena stands by as Jason is regurgitated by the dragon protecting the fleece (Douris cup, 480-470 BC, from Cerveteri)