Aeetes

Aietes

The king of Colchis who encounters the Argonauts.

Genealogy

Perseis

Helios

Augeas, Circe, Pasiphae, Perses, Phaethon

Apsyrtus, Chalciope, Medea

Places
  1. Colchis
  2. Sea
  3. Tomi
Events
  1. Phrixus rides the golden ram to to Colchis
  2. Phrixus marries Chalciope
  3. Medea engineers Jason’s acquisition of the Golden Fleece
  4. Aeetes pursues Medea and the Argonauts
  5. Aeetes buries Apsyrtus
  6. Perses deposes Aeetes
  7. Medea kills Perses to reinstate her father Aeetes as king
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.1
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.23
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.24
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.28
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.14
  6. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 3.10
  7. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 34.8
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