Just to run the thread of the narrative right through to one of its conclusions (and as a further example of how one story could lead on to other, even more significant and far-reaching, myths), you should know that Nephele, the cloud image of Hera, went on to marry a Boeotian king called ATHAMAS,148 by whom she bore two sons, PHRIXUS and HELLE. Nephele had cause to save the life of Phrixus—an Isaac to his father’s Abraham—when Athamas tied his son to the ground and made to sacrifice him. Just as the Hebrew god revealed a ram in a thicket to Abraham and saved Isaac’s life, so Nephele sent a
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Again, early traditions/religions fitting the same story into their history. Makes you wonder; how many traditions do Greek and Jewish history share?
