Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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King name "Ixion" | Greek | A son of Phlegyas or, according to others, a son of Antion by Perimela, of Pasion, or of Ares. According to the common tradition, his mother was Dia, a daughter of Deioneus. He was king of the Lapithae or Phlegyes, and the father of Peirithous. He was bound to a revolving wheel of fire in the Infernal regions, for his impious presumption in trying to imitate the thunder of heaven. Greek |
King name "Ritho" | Arthurian | The giant who commanded king Arthur to send him his beard to complete the lining of a robe. Arthurian |