Shakespeare's Myths
King Lear (1605-1606, 1605)
The History of King Lear, xxi.43-46 (Quarto text); The Tragedy of King Lear, IV.vi.38-41 (Folio text):
Lear:
You do me wrong to take me out o’th’ grave.
Thou art a soul in bliss, but I am bound
Upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears
Do scald like molten lead.
How to cite
Gaelle Ginestet. “Ixion.” 2009. In A Dictionary of Shakespeare’s Classical Mythology (2009-), ed. Yves Peyré. http://www.shakmyth.org/myth/131/ixion
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