Definitions for ixion
ɪkˈsaɪ ən, ˈɪk siˌɒnix·ion

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1. Ixionnoun

   King of Lapiths, who was punished by Zeus for trying to seduce Hera by being bound to winged fiery wheel that was always spinning.

2. Ixionnoun

   A Kuiper belt object (KBO), 28978 Ixion (provisional designation 2001 KX)

3. Etymology: From Ixion, from Ἰξίων.

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1. Ixion

   In Greek mythology, Ixion ( ik-SY-ən; Greek: Ἰξίων, gen.: Ἰξίονος means 'strong native') was king of the Lapiths, the most ancient tribe of Thessaly.

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1. Ixion

   In Greek mythology, Ixion was king of the Lapiths, the most ancient tribe of Thessaly, and a son of Ares, or Leonteus, or Antion and Perimele, or the notorious evildoer Phlegyas, whose name connotes "fiery". Peirithoös was his son. Ixion married Dia, a daughter of Deioneus and promised his father-in-law a valuable present. However, he did not pay the bride price, so Deioneus stole some of Ixion's horses in retaliation. Ixion concealed his resentment and invited his father-in-law to a feast at Larissa. When Deioneus arrived, Ixion pushed him into a bed of burning coals and wood. These circumstances are secondary to the fact of Ixion's primordial act of murder; it could be accounted for quite differently: in the Greek Anthology, among a collection of inscriptions from a temple in Cyzicus is an epigrammatic description of Ixion slaying Phorbas and Polymelos, who had slain his mother, Megara, the "great one". Ixion went mad, defiled by his act; the neighboring princes were so offended by this act of treachery and violation of xenia that they refused to perform the rituals that would cleanse Ixion of his guilt. Thereafter, Ixion lived as an outlaw and was shunned. By killing his father-in-law, Ixion was reckoned the first man guilty of kin-slaying in Greek mythology. That alone would warrant him a terrible punishment.

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1. Ixion

   ik-sī′on, n. (Gr. myth.) a king of the Lapithæ, bound, for an impious attempt on Hera, hand and foot to a fiery wheel which rolled for ever in the sky.

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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.

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1. Ixion

   (Ixi′on), the son of Phlegyas, King of the Lapithae. For attempting to produce thunder, Jupiter cast him into hell, and had him bound to a wheel, surrounded with serpents, which is forever turning over a river of fire.

   “The powers of vengeance, while they hear, Touched with compassion, drop a tear; Ixion’s rapid wheel is bound, Fixed in attention to the sound.” (F. Lewis.)

   “Or, as Ixion fix’d, the wretch shall feel The giddy motion of the whirling wheel.” (Pope.)

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ixion in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ixion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ixion
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixion
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=ixion
4. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=ixion
5. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Ixion
6. ^ Mythology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/42474/pg42474-images.html#:~:text=ixion