LP0076 -II ARGONAUTS- Ino & Phrixus, from the Fables of Hyginus

Legendary Passages #0076 -II ARGONAUTS- Ino & Phrixus, from the Fables of Hyginus. Previously, Jason and the Argonauts sailed to Colchis, and with the help of Medea, stole the Golden Fleece from her father King Aeetes. This episode reveals how the the Golden Fleece came to Colchis, after a very long preface. Listed here are the genealogies of the Roman gods. Eventually we come to the three wives of King Athamas. Both Ino and Themisto had twins by him, and Themisto snuck into the nursery to kill Ino's. But a nurse switched their clothes, so Themisto accidentally killed her own children. The first wife of Athamas was the goddess Nebula, and they had a son Phrixus and a daughter Helle. Ino faked a drought and an oracle to have Phrixus sacrificed, but the plot was revealed, and Phrixus and Helle flew away on a flying golden ram. http://www.theoi.com/Text/HyginusFabulae1.html#Preface Ino & Phrixus, a Legendary Passage from, GAIUS JULIUS HYGINUS, FABLES I - III, translated by MARY GRANT. [1] - [3] PREFACE Excerpts from the Genealogiae of Hyginus, commonly called the Fabulae Preface. From Mist (was born) Chaos; from Chaos and Caligine: Night, Day, Erebus, Aether. From Night and Erebus: Fate, Old Age, Death, Dissolution, *Continence, Sleep, Dreams, Love – that is, Lysimeles, *Epiphron, Porphyrion, Epaphus, Discord, Wretchedness, Wantonness, Nemesis, Euphrosyne, Friendship, Compassion, Styx; the three Fates, namely, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos; the Hesperides, Aegle, Hesperie, *aerica. From Aether and Day: Earth, Heaven, Sea. From Aether and Earth: Grief, Deceit, Wrath, Lamentation, Falsehood, Oath, Vengeance, Intemperance, Altercation, Forgetfulness, Sloth, Fear, Pride, Incest, Combat, Ocean, Themis, Tartarus, Pontus; and the Titans, Briareus, Gyges, Steropes, Atlas, Hyperion, and Polus, Saturn, Ops, Moneta, Dione; and three Furies – namely, Alecto, Megaera, Tisiphone. From Earth and Tartarus, Giants: Enceladus, Coeus, *elentes, *mophius, Astraeus, Pelorus, Pallas, Emphytus, Rhoecus, *ienios, Agrius, *alemone, Ephialtes, Eurytus, *effracorydon, Themoises, Theodamas, Otus, Typhon, Polybo[e}tes, *menephriarus, *abesus, *colophonus, Iapetus. From Pontus and Sea: the tribes of fishes. From Ocean and Tethys: the Oceanides - namely *yaea, Melite, Ianthe, Admete, Stilbo, Pasiphae, Polyxo, Eurynome, Euagoreis, Rhodope, *lyris, Clytie, *teschinoeno, *clitenneste, Metis, Menippe, Argia. Of the same descent Rivers: Strymon, Nilus, Euphrates, Tanais, Indus, Cephisus, Ismenus, Axenus, Achelous, Simois, Inachus, Alpheus, Therodoon, Scamandrus, Tigris, Maeandrus, Orontes. From Pontos and Earth: Thaumas, *tusciuersus, *cepheus From Nereus and Doris fifty Nereids: Glauce, Thalia, Cymodoce, Nesaea, Spio, Thoe, Cymothoe[a], Actaea, Limnoria, Melite, Iaera, Amphithoe, Agaue, Doto, Prot[h]o, Pherusa, Dynamene, Dexamene, Amphnome, Callianassa, Doris, Panope, Galat[h]ea, Nemertes, Apseudes, Clymene, Ianira, [Panopea], Ianassa, Maera, Orithyia, Amathia, Drymo, Xantho, Ligea, Phyllodoce, Cydippe, Lycorias, Cleio, Beroe, Ephyre, Opis, Asia, Deiopea, Arethusa, [Clymene], Creneis, Eurydice, Leucothea. From Phorcus and Ceto: Phorcides, Pemphredo, Enyo and Persis (for this last others say Dino). From Gorgon and Ceto: Sthenno, Eurylae, Medusa. From Polus and Phoebe: Latone, Asterie, *aphirape . . . Perses, Pallas. From Iapetus and Clymene: Atlas, Epimetheus, Prometheus. From Hyperion and Aethra: Sol, Luna, Aurora. From Saturn and Ops: Vesta, Ceres, Iuno, Jupiter, Pluto, Neptune. From Saturn and Philyra: Chiron, Dolops. From Astraeus and Aurora: Zephyrus, Boreas, Notus, Favonius. From Atlas and Pleione: Maia, Calypso, Alcyone, Merope, Electra, Celaeno. From Pallas the giant and Styx: Scylla, Force, Envy, Power, Victory, Fountains, Lakes. From Neptune and Amphitrite, Triton. From Dione and Jove, Venus. From Jove and Juno, Mars. From Jove’s head, Minerva. From Juno without father, Vulcan. From Jove and Eurynome, Graces. Again from Jove and Juno: Youth, Liber