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Ixion married Dia, [8] a daughter of Eioneus, [9] [10] 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 ...
Ixion, King of the Lapiths, Deceived by Juno, Whom He Wished to Seduce is a painting by Peter Paul Rubens, executed c. 1615. It was part of the Duke of Westminster 's collection in the 19th century before passing to baron Basile de Schlichting, who left it to the Louvre Museum in 1914.
Ixion was the king of the Lapiths, the most ancient tribe of Thessaly. Ixion grew to hate his father-in-law and ended up pushing him onto a bed of coal and wood, committing the first kin-related murder. The princes of other lands ordered that Ixion be denied the cleansing of his sin. Zeus took pity on Ixion and invited him to a meal on Olympus.
Ixion is a 1632 oil painting, signed and dated by Jusepe de Ribera. It shows a scene from Classical mythology , of Ixion being tortured as the eternal punishment meted out by Zeus . It is one of a series of four paintings by Ribera of the four "Furies" or "Condemned" from Greek mythology.
Denarius of 126 BC; on the right is the flamen Quirinalis with QVIRIN on his shield.. In earlier Roman art, Quirinus was portrayed as a bearded man with religious and military clothing.
Act I: Ixion actors are locking horns in fight-centered new work. Director Rose Jangmi Cooper is leading what has become an Ixion tradition. The company, which was founded in 2013 with an emphasis ...
Coin of Pescennius Niger, a Roman usurper who claimed imperial power AD 193–194. Legend: IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG. While the imperial government of the Roman Empire was rarely called into question during its five centuries in the west and fifteen centuries in the east, individual emperors often faced unending challenges in the form of usurpation and perpetual civil wars. [30]
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