the son of Athamas and Nephele who escaped the wrath of his father's mistress, Ino, by flying to Colchis on a winged ram with a golden fleece
See also Helle, Golden Fleece
Phrixus in American English
(ˈfrɪksəs)
noun
Classical Mythology
a child who escaped on the back of a ram with his sister Helle from a plot against them. The fleece of the ram, which he sacrificed, was the Golden Fleece