Aeëtes
a king of Colchis, father of Medea and custodian of the Golden Fleece.
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How to use Aeëtes in a sentence
He says that after the sacrifice he purified the fleece and so: 'Holding the fleece he walked into the halls of Aeetes.'
Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | Homer and HesiodThe character painting of Valerius is superior to that of the original, cf. the character of Jason and of Aeetes.
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors | George MiddletonFor of a surety, I ween, will Aeetes come with his host to bar our passage from the river into the sea.
The Argonautica | Apollonius RhodiusNor is it well to take no thought of Aeetes, as thou sayest: for none is more lordly than Aeetes.
The Argonautica | Apollonius RhodiusThen the voyage homeward began, Medea accompanying Jason, and Aeetes pursuing them.
British Dictionary definitions for Aeëtes
/ (iːˈiːtiːz) /
Greek myth a king of Colchis, father of Medea and keeper of the Golden Fleece
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