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Ixion
In Greek mythology, Ixion ( ik-SY-ən; Ancient Greek: Ἰξίων, romanized: Ixíōn) was king of the Lapiths, the most ancient tribe of Thessaly. Ixion desired Hera, the queen of the gods and wife of Zeus, and his arrogant attempt to have sex with her led to his eternal punishment in Tartarus.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 640780.