Aeëtes

American  

[ee-ee-teez] / iˈi tiz /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a king of Colchis, father of Medea and custodian of the Golden Fleece.

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Aeëtes British  

/ iːˈiːtiːz /

noun

1. Greek myth a king of Colchis, father of Medea and keeper of the Golden Fleece

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Example Sentences

Others will recall that Circe — Medea’s aunt, the sister of her father, Aeetes — cleansed Medea and Jason of their crimes, as they fled Colchis with the Golden Fleece and murdered Medea’s brother.

From New York Times

Her family members, who treat her with cruelty or indifference, become infamous in their own right: Her sister Pasiphae marries King Minos and gives birth to the Minotaur, a bullheaded, man-eating monster; while her brother Aeetes grows up to rule Colchis, the land of the Golden Fleece, and fathers Medea, who later murders her children.

From New York Times

After some sweet talk, Hera persuades the goddess of love to bribe her son Eros — a spoiled brat who almost never listens to Mom — into making Aeëtes’s daughter Medea grow madly infatuated with Jason.

From Washington Post

Still, Jason and company eventually reach Colchis, ruled by King Aeëtes.

From Washington Post

Here they found and took on board the four sons of Phrixus who, after their father’s death, had been sent by Aeetes, king of Colchis, to fetch the treasures of Orchomenus, but had been driven by a storm upon the island.

From Project Gutenberg