MYTHOLOGY

Athamas(king of city called Boeotia in Thessaly) ❤Nephele(cloud nymph)

—>2 kids: Helle and Phrixus(curly)

—>divorced and married Ino(mortal) +had children

Ino:

⭐ decided to murder Helle/Phrixus so her children can inherit thrown

⭐ sent messengers to the Oracle of Delphi to figure out why there was no harvest(she ruined the seeds)

⭐ forced them to tell Athamas that sacrificing their children would fix the harvest

—>Nephele asked Chrysomallos(ram w/ golden fleece) to save her children

—>Helle fell into the ocean(Hellespont) on the way to Colchis(east shore of Black Sea)

⭐ Phrixus survived, and killed the ram

⭐ gave the golden fleece to King Aeetes, where it was nailed in the sacred Grove of Ares

King Cretheus

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