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 Definitions of ixion  [ɪkˈsaɪ ən, ˈɪk siˌɒn]  

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Definition of 'ixion' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) Ixion
a legendary Thessalian king whom Zeus punished for his attempted seduction of Hera by binding him to an eternally revolving wheel in Tartarus.
Definitions of 'ixion' The Nuttall Encyclopedia 

1.  ixion
the king of the Lapithæ (q. v.), who being admitted to heaven attempted to do violence to Hera, and whom Zeus deluded to embrace a phantom image of her instead, whereby he became the father of the Centaurs, and whom Zeus thereafter punished by fastening him hands and feet to an eternally revolving wheel in hell.

'ixion' - Nearby Entries  

ivf  iwaki  ixelles  ixion  ixora  ixtaccihuatl  izabal  



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