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Phrixus

American  
[frik-suhs] / ˈfrɪk səs /

noun

Classical Mythology.

  1. a child who escaped on the back of a ram with his sister Helle from a plot against them. The fleece of the ram, which he sacrificed, was the Golden Fleece.

Phrixus British  
/ ˈfrɪksəs /

noun

  1. Greek myth the son of Athamas and Nephele who escaped the wrath of his father's mistress, Ino, by flying to Colchis on a winged ram with a golden fleece See also Helle Golden Fleece

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