Aeëtes

He says that after the sacrifice he purified the fleece and so: 'Holding the fleece he walked into the halls of Aeetes.'

The character painting of Valerius is superior to that of the original, cf. the character of Jason and of Aeetes.

For of a surety, I ween, will Aeetes come with his host to bar our passage from the river into the sea.

Nor is it well to take no thought of Aeetes, as thou sayest: for none is more lordly than Aeetes.