IXION, YXION, king of the Lapiths, was the son of Phlegyas. Jupiter invited him to eat at his table, but Ixion proved ungrateful and planned to seduce Juno. Jupiter, knowing his intentions, shaped a false Juno out of a cloud, with whom Ixion took his pleasure. Jupiter surprised him in the act, then bound him to a fiery wheel rolling ceaselessly about the sky (Met IV.461; OM IV.3821-3963; RR 19275-19280).

Yxion forgets his torment at the wheel when Orpheus plays in the Underworld, Bo III, Metr 12.37-38. Troilus turns on his bed in fury like Ixion turning in hell, Tr V.212. Chaucer omits the sharp-edged wheel with heavy spikes mentioned in the Roman de la Rose. [Cesiphus: Tantale]