Ixion

Ixion, in Greek mythology, father of Pirithous, king of the Lapithae. Zeus took Ixion to heaven to purify him after his treacherous murder of his father-in-law, Deioneus. He attempted to seduce Hera, but was tricked by a phantom made by Zeus to resemble her, and begat the original Centaur. Hermes bound him hand and foot to a wheel, which revolved for ever in the sky.