Aeetes

Reading notes

• The Heroides §6 Aeetes

  King of Colchis, owner of the Golden Fleece and father of Medea.

• The Heroides §12 Aeetes

  King of Colchis and Medea's father, host to the Argonauts and keeper of the Fleece.

• The Heroides §17 Aeetes

  Medea's father, king of Colchis, to whom the scorned Medea could not return.

• Metamorphoses §7.156 the daughter of Aeetes conceives

  Aeetes, king of Colchis and son of the Sun, who sets Jason the deadly tasks; Medea's father.