. aveits fleece to Aeetes, who fastened it to an oaktree in the grove of Ares. (Paus. i. 24, 2 ; Ap. Bh. ii. 653.) This fleece was afterwardscarried away by Jason and the Argonauts.[Jason.] By Chalciope Phrixus became thefather of Argus, Melas, Phrontis, Cytissorus,and Presbon. (Apollod. i. 9,1; Hyg. Fab. 14.)Phrixus either died of old age in the kingdomof Aeetes, or was killed by Aeetes in conse-quence of an oracle (Ap. Bh. ii. 1151; 3). Pausanias (ix. 34, 5) gives a story thateither Phrixus or his son Presbon retu
. aveits fleece to Aeetes, who fastened it to an oaktree in the grove of Ares. (Paus. i. 24, 2 ; Ap. Bh. ii. 653.) This fleece was afterwardscarried away by Jason and the Argonauts.[Jason.] By Chalciope Phrixus became thefather of Argus, Melas, Phrontis, Cytissorus,and Presbon. (Apollod. i. 9,1; Hyg. Fab. 14.)Phrixus either died of old age in the kingdomof Aeetes, or was killed by Aeetes in conse-quence of an oracle (Ap. Bh. ii. 1151; 3). Pausanias (ix. 34, 5) gives a story thateither Phrixus or his son Presbon returned toOrchomenos. Herodotus in his account of the PHRIXUS myth (vii. 197 J mentions that the people ofPhthiotis used to offer a human victim fromthe family of the Athamantidae to Zeus Laphys-tius. It is not unlikely that the story ofPhrixus in part arose from this rite of sacrificeto the Minyan Zeus. It is held by somemythologists that the ram commonly offered toZeus symbolised the clouds, and that thegolden ram meant the wealth-giving clouds of PHRYGIA 709. Phrixus riding on a ram across the Hellespont, withHelle, fallen into the sea. (Pompeian painting.) spring. Phrixus in this view signified thespring rains, and therefore his mother isNephele or Cloud ; and he is drawn towards theland of the sun [see also p. 107, a . Phrixus (-ppifos), a river in Argolis, whichflows into the Argolic gulf between Temeniumand Lerna (Paus. ii. 36, 6). Phrygia Mater, a name frequently given toCybele, because she was especially worshippedin Phrygia. [Rhea.] Phrygia (<&pvyta: pt/£, pi. 4>pvy(s, Phryx,Phryges), a country of Asia Minor, which wasof very different extent at different to the division of the provincesunder the Roman empire, Phrygia formed theE. part of the province of Asia, and wasbounded on the W. by Mysia, Lydia, and Caria,on the S. by Lycia and Pisidia, on the E. byLycoonia (which is often reckoned as a part ofPhrygia) and Galatia (which formerly belongedto
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