Phrixus

Phrixus or Phryxus
Member of the Athamantian Royal House
Phrixus and Helle
AbodeAthamantis in Boeotia, later Colchis
Genealogy
ParentsAthamas and Nephele
SiblingsHelle, Learches, Melicertes, Schoeneus, Leucon, Ptous (half brothers)
ConsortChalciope
OffspringArgus, Phrontis, Melas and Cytisorus

In Greek mythology Phrixus (/ˈfrɪksəs/; also spelt Phryxus; ‹See Tfd›Greek: Φρίξος, translit. Phrixos means "standing on end, bristling") was the son of Athamas, king of Boeotia, and Nephele (a goddess of clouds). He was the older brother of Helle and the father of Argus,[1] Phrontis, Melas and Cytisorus by Chalciope (Iophassa[2]), daughter of Aeetes, king of Colchis.