in fabulous history, king of the Lapithae, married Dia the daughter of Deionius, to whom he refused refused to give the customary nuptial presents. Deio- nius in revenge took from him his horses; when Ixion, dissembling his resentment, invited his father-in-law to a feast, and made him fall through a trap-door into a burning furnace, in which he was immediately con- sumed. Ixion being afterwards flung with remorse for his cruelty, ran mad; on which Jupiter, in com- passion, not only forgave him, but took him up into heaven, where he had the impiety to endeavour to corrupt Juno. Jupiter, to be the better assured of his guilt, formed a cloud in the resemblance of the goddess, upon which Ixion begat the centaurs: but boasting of his happiness, Jove hurled him down to Tartarus, where he lies fixed on a wheel-encircled with serpents, which turns without ceasing.