Aeëtes

[ ee-ee-teez ]

/ iˈi tiz /

noun Classical Mythology.

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

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Examples from the Web for aeetes

The 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 Middleton
The other buildings the handmaidens had, and the two daughters of Aeetes, Chalciope and Medea.
The Argonautica|Apollonius Rhodius
For they deemed that they would not find Aeetes friendly if they desired to take away the ram's fleece.
The Argonautica|Apollonius Rhodius
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 Hesiod

On one day they would waste the palace of Aeetes with baleful fire, should he not yield them the fleece of his own goodwill.
The Argonautica|Apollonius Rhodius

British Dictionary definitions for aeetes

Aeëtes

/ (iːˈiːtiːz) /

noun

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

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