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	Ixion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He married Dia, a daughter of Deioneus and promised his father-in-law a valuable present.
		When Deioneus arrived, Ixion pushed him into a bed of burning coals and wood.
		The neighboring princes were so offended by this act of treachery (and violation of Xenia) that they refused to perform the rituals that would cleanse Ixion of his guilt.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ixion (348 words)

	DEIONEUS - Ancient Mythology
		Ixion had promised Deioneus, as was the custom, many presents which he later refused to provide.
		Deioneus, in his attempts to get what was his, perished in a great pit of fire, prepared for him by the murderous Ixion.
		This was believed to have been the first murder of a relation in the world.
	www.mysticgames.com /mythology/Deioneus.htm (54 words)

	Greek Mythology: Origin of the Centaurs
		Lapiths, saw Dia, daughter of Deioneus, he fell madly in love with her.
		Deioneus showed up at Ixion's palace just after the next new moon, but it was deserted.
		Ixion led Deioneus to a huge pit, where a large bonfire was burning.
	www.geocities.com /pelionature/mythology_Centaur_origin.htm (728 words)

	IXION - Ancient Mythology
		Perpetrator of, it is said, the first murder of a relative in the world, Ixion reneged on his promise to provide many splendid gifts to Deioneus, on the marriage of Ixion to his daughter, Dia.
		When Deioneus came looking for the promised tribute, Ixion caused him to fall into a pit of fire which he had prepared.
		For this act he was punished by the gods with lunacy, and wandered the Earth mad, until Zeus received and purified him.However, Ixion then conceived a passion for Hera, and lay with her, fathering the race of the Centaurs.
	www.mysticgames.com /mythology/Ixion.htm (121 words)

	WMC Latin - weblog@myblog.de (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		He invited his father-in-law, Deioneus, over to his house in order to pay his father-in-law the debt he owed for his bride.
		Ixion had planned a trap for Deioneus involving camouflaged coals, and Deioneus fell for it.
		Ixion was then banished into exile, for no one could purify him because it was the first sin of this kind.
	myblog.de /wmclatin/cat/2328 (195 words)

	Ixion
		This occurred when Ixion invited his father-in-law, Deioneus, to come and collect the price that Ixion owed him for his bride.
		Upon his arrival, Deioneus fell into a pit filled with burning coals Ixion had camouflaged.
		Because this was a crime new to the human race, nobody could purify Ixion and he wandered an exile.
	fyreangyl.tripod.com /Mythology/ixion.htm (423 words)

	Deioneus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Greek mythology, Deioneus is either of two different people.
		To-be father-in-law of Ixion, Deioneus was pushed into a bed of flaming coals so that Ixion wouldn't have to pay the bride-price.
		This page was last modified 07:06, 9 October 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Deioneus (58 words)

	Wikipedia: Aeolus
		This Aeolus is son of Hellen and originally settled his people in Thessaly.
		Aeolus, with Enarete, was the father of Canace, Sisyphus, Deioneus, Salmoneus, Macar and Cretheus.
		Aeolus murdered Canace when she fell in love with Macar.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/a/ae/aeolus.html (276 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Greek & Roman Mythology (D) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In Greek mythology, Dexames was a king of Olenus and the father of Deianeira, who married Heracles after having been saved by him from a forced marriage to the Centaur, Eurytion.
		In Greek mythology, Dia or Eioneus was a daughter of Deioneus and the mother of Peirithous by her husband, Ixion, according to one legend, or according to another, by Zeus.
		Peirithous is said to have received his name from the fact that Zeus when he attempted to seduce Dia ran around her in the form of a horse.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /D1D.HTM (1085 words)

	A Dictionary of Mythology page 115 - Acadine Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		He married Dia, daughter of Deioneus, whom he murdered.
		He was carried to Olympus by Zeus, who pitied him as he had been shunned by all men for the murder of Deioneus; but he basely returned this graciousness by attempting to win the love of Hera.
		Zeus, in revenge, moulded a cloud into the likeness of Hera, and Ixion by it became the father of a centaur (see Centaurs).
	www.acadine.org /w/A_Dictionary_of_Mythology_page_115 (435 words)

	Ixion, Greek Mythology Link.
		Phlegyas 1 is said to have been murdered by the brothers Lycus 5 and Nycteus 3, who ruled Thebes as usurpers.
		Dia, daughter of Eioneus 5 (also called Deioneus 2), gave birth to Pirithous, either by Ixion or by Zeus.
		Phisadie was given in servitude to Helen by the DIOSCURI.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Ixion.html (853 words)

	Deioneus * People, Places, & Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
		Deioneus * People, Places, and Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
		The father of Dia who was killed by Ixion by being thrown into a pit of burning coals.
		Ixion refused to give Deioneus the dowry he had promised in order to marry Dia and killed Deioneus when he demanded the dowry.
	www.messagenet.com /myths/ppt/Deioneus_1.html (208 words)

	Deioneus -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In (The mythology of the ancient Greeks) Greek mythology, Deioneus is either of two different people.
		Son of (God of the winds in ancient mythology) Aeolus, King of (Click link for more info and facts about Phocis) Phocis
		To-be father-in-law of (Click link for more info and facts about Ixion) Ixion, Deioneus was pushed into a bed of flaming coals so that Ixion wouldn't have to pay the bride-price.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/de/deioneus.htm (69 words)

	deioneus - OneLook Dictionary Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		We found 2 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word deioneus:
		Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "deioneus" is defined.
		DEIONEUS : Of Gods and Men (mythology) [home, info]
	onelook.com /?w=deioneus (77 words)

	Mythology: Ixion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		A fabled king of Thessaly, who became the father of the Centaurs.
		The story by which he is most noted runs: When Deioneus demanded of Ixion certain gifts he had promised, Ixion treacherously invited him to a banquet, and contrived to make him fall into a pit filled with fire.
		Ixion, as a punishment, was chained by Hermes with his hands and feet to a wheel, which is described as winged or fiery, and said to have roiled perpetually.
	www.sacklunch.net /mythology/I/Ixion.html (79 words)

	Zeus
		For these acts, being chained to Mount Caucasus, to have an eagle tear at his liver by day, and have his liver renewed by night, was his punishment.
		Ixion had married Dia, the daughter of Deioneus whom he had murdered, Zeus purified Ixion of Deioneus' murder, and even invited him to join him at the gods' table in heaven.
		When Ixion proved to be too arrogant and foolish by trying to win Hera's love, Zeus dispelled all kindly feeling of Ixion, he punished Ixion for his lack of friendliness by forming a cloud, Nephele, in the likeness of Hera.
	www.the-pantheon.com /zeus_main.htm (1032 words)

	Theseus - Plutarch's Lives - translated by John Dryden and revised by Arthur Hugh Clough, Book, etext
		And this he did without having either practiced or ever learnt the art of bending these trees, to show that natural strength is above all art.
		But Theseus calling upon her, and giving her his promise that he would use her with respect, and offer her no injury, she came forth, and in due time bore him a son, named Melanippus; but afterwards was married to Deioneus, the son of Eurytus, the Œchalian, Theseus himself giving her to him.
		Ioxus, the son of this Melanippus who was born to Theseus, accompanied Ornytus in the colony that he carried with him into Caria, whence it is a family usage amongst the people called Ioxids, both male and female, never to burn either shrubs or asparagus-thorn, but to respect and honor them.
	whitewolf.newcastle.edu.au /words/authors/P/Plutarch/prose/plutachslives/theseus.html (5497 words)

	Greek Mythology: ALOPEX TEUMESIOS Teumessian Fox Constellation Canis Minor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		As the land continued in torment, the Thebans once a month would set out one of the citizen’s children for it, for otherwise it would have seized many
		Amphitryon went to Deioneus’ son Kephalos at Athens, and after promising him a share of the booty from the Teleboan expedition, persuaded him to bring to the fox- hunt the Dog [Laelaps] which Prokris had received from Minos and brought from Krete, for it was also fated that this Dog would catch whatever it chased.
		Consequently, when the Fox was chased by the Dog, Zeus turned them both to stone [the only solution to the contradictory fates of a Fox destined never be caught being chased by a dog destined to catch whatever it chased]." - Apollodorus, The Library 2.57
	www.theoi.com /Ther/AlopexTeumesios.html (1074 words)

	Many different myths are associated with the mighty kingdom of Kefalonia
		Apollodorus informs us that Cephalus was the son of Hermes and Herse, the daughter of Cecrops, and that he belonged to the race of Cephalidae from Thoricus in Attica.
		(There are, however, suspicions that the myth was invented for political purposes by the Athenians in the 5th century BC.) Another myth has it that Cephalus was the son of the king of Phokis, Deioneus, and yet another presents him as the son of Pandion and Creusa.
		Numerous myths have been invented about the erotic and marital adventures of Cephalus, a handsome man and intrepid hunter.
	www.ionion.com /english/kefalonia/culture/history/mythology.htm (1267 words)

	Studies of Magic in Ancient Greece
		Apollodorus, The Library of Greek Mythology, Oxford University Press, 1997, pp.
		That king, Ixion, was supposed to have been the first man in the world to have murdered a relation (his father-in-law, Deioneus, the motive being a reluctance to part with the bride-price which he had originally promised).
		As a punishment, he was stricken with frenzy, condemned to wander as a madman until he aroused the pity of Zeus, and was pardoned.
	www.endicott-studio.com /rdrm/forgreek.html (3167 words)

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