Ixion meaning

ĭk-sī'ən, ĭk'sē-ŏn'
A king of Thessaly who committed parricide and attempted to rape Hera and was punished by Zeus by being bound to a perpetually revolving wheel in Hades.
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A Thessalian king who is bound to a revolving wheel in Tartarus because he sought the love of Hera.
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(Greek mythology) King of Lapiths, who was punished by Zeus for trying to seduce Hera by being bound to winged fiery wheel that was always spinning.
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A Kuiper belt object (KBO), 28978 Ixion (provisional designation 2001 KX76)
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Origin of ixion

From Latin Ixīōn, from Ancient Greek Ἰξίων (Iksiōn).

Sentence Examples

  • The best-known legends with which they are connected are those of Ixion (q.v.) and the battle with the Centaurs (q.v.).

  • As a punishment, Ixion was seized with madness, until Zeus purified him of his crime and admitted him as a guest to Olympus.

  • Ixion abused his pardon by trying to seduce Hera; but the goddess substituted for herself a cloud, by which he became the father of the Centaurs.

  • Ixion is generally taken to represent the eternally moving sun.

  • Ixion himself is probably a by-form of Zeus (Usener in Rhein.

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