In
Greek mythology,
Ixion ( ; ,
gen.: Ἰξίωνος) was king of the
Lapiths, the most ancient tribe of
Thessaly, and a son of
Ares, or
Leonteus, or
Antion and
Perimele, or the notorious evildoer
Phlegyas, whose name connotes "fiery".
Peirithoös was his son (or stepson, if
Zeus were his father, as the sky-god claims to Hera in
Iliad 14).