1. The wife of the Thessalian king Athamas, by whom she became the mother of Phrixus and Helle. (Apollod. i. 9. § 1; comp. ATHAMAS.)
2. A woman formed of cloud. By Ixion she became the mother of the Centaurs. [See CENTAURI.]
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