Phrixus

Reading notes

• The Art of Love §3.9 Phrixus

  Phrixus, carried with his sister Helle on the golden-fleeced ram; the golden color of cloth is likened to that ram.

• The Heroides §6 Phrixus' ram

  Phrixus, who fled to Colchis on the golden ram whose fleece the Argonauts sought.

• The Heroides §12 the ram of Phrixus

  Phrixus, who fled to Colchis on the golden ram whose fleece the Argo came to seize.

• The Heroides §12 the golden ram

  The golden-fleeced ram of Phrixus, which Medea reckons her unreturned dowry.

• The Heroides §18 Phrixus

  Helle's brother, carried safe across the strait by the golden ram; Leander envies him.

• The Heroides §19 Phrixus

  Helle's brother, who crossed the strait safely on the golden ram while she fell.

• Metamorphoses §7.156 the fleece of Phrixus

  Phrixus fled to Colchis on the golden ram, sacrificed it, and hung its fleece in the grove of Ares — the Golden Fleece Jason came to win.