In
Greek mythology, Aeëtes ( Aietʼi,
Laz: Ayet,
Greek: Αἰήτης Aiḗtes), a king of
Colchis, figured prominently in the story of
Jason and the
Argonauts. He was the father of
Medea and
Absyrtus, and son of the sun-god
Helios and the nymph
Perse (also called Perseis).
Phrixus, son of
Athamus and
Nephele, along with his twin
Helle, were hated by their stepmother,
Ino. Ino hatched a devious plot to get rid of the twins, roasting all the town's crop seeds so they would not grow. The local farmers, frightened of famine, asked a nearby
oracle for assistance. Ino bribed the men sent to the oracle to lie and tell the others that the oracle required the sacrifice of Phrixus. Before he was killed, though, Phrixus and Helle were rescued by a golden ram sent by Nephele, their natural mother. Helle fell off the ram into the Hellespont (which was named after her) and died, but Phrixus survived all the way to Colchis, where Aeëtes took him in and treated him kindly, giving Phrixus his daughter,
Chalciope, in marriage. In gratitude, Phrixus gave the king the
golden fleece of the ram, which Aeëtes hung in a tree in his kingdom.
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