Helios and the Oceanid Perse bore Circe, Aeetes, and Pasiphae — a lineage renowned for sorcery. All three children inherited formidable powers of pharmakeia.
Aeetes, king of Colchis and son of Helios, and the Oceanid Idyia bore Medea, Chalciope, and Absyrtus. Medea later murdered her brother to aid her escape with Jason and the Golden Fleece.
King Aeetes hung the Golden Fleece in a sacred grove of Ares and set a sleepless dragon to guard it. A prophecy warned that his reign would end when strangers took the fleece from Colchis.
Aeetes set Jason three deadly trials to prevent him from taking the Golden Fleece: yoking fire-breathing bulls, defeating earth-born warriors, and facing the sleepless dragon.
Aeetes, son of Helios, ruled Colchis as its king. He set Jason's impossible tasks and pursued the Argonauts when they fled with the Golden Fleece and his daughter Medea.
Aeetes pursued the Argonauts to recover the Golden Fleece and his daughter Medea. Medea killed her brother Absyrtus and scattered his remains, forcing Aeetes to stop and gather them for burial.
The Argonauts confronted King Aeetes of Colchis, who set impossible tasks to prevent them from taking the Golden Fleece. His daughter Medea's betrayal enabled the Argonauts to succeed and escape.
King Aeetes of Colchis welcomed Phrixus when he arrived on the golden ram and gave him his daughter Chalciope in marriage. Phrixus sacrificed the ram and presented its golden fleece to Aeetes, who hung it in the grove of Ares.
Aeetes was the primary antagonist of the Voyage of the Argo, setting Jason seemingly impossible tasks to prevent him from claiming the Golden Fleece and pursuing the Argonauts when they fled Colchis.
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