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.
Absyrtus was a prince of Colchis, the kingdom at the eastern edge of the Black Sea ruled by his father Aeetes. His murder during the Argonauts' flight is one of the defining events of Colchian mythology.
Colchis was the destination of the Argonauts' quest. The heroes sailed the length of the Black Sea to reach the kingdom where the Golden Fleece was kept in a sacred grove of Ares.
Chrysomallus flew to Colchis at the eastern edge of the Black Sea, carrying Phrixus to safety. The ram's fleece would remain there until Jason's quest.
The Golden Fleece hung in a sacred grove of Ares in Colchis, guarded by a sleepless dragon. King Aeetes's kingdom at the edge of the Black Sea was the destination of the Argonauts' quest.
Jason sailed to Colchis to claim the Golden Fleece. He completed King Aeetes's impossible tasks — yoking fire-breathing bulls and sowing dragon's teeth — before seizing the fleece and fleeing with Medea.
Medea was a princess of Colchis and priestess of Hecate. She betrayed her homeland and father to help Jason win the Golden Fleece, fleeing aboard the Argo and never returning.
Phrixus arrived in Colchis on the golden ram Chrysomallus, fleeing his stepmother Ino. King Aeetes welcomed him, and Phrixus sacrificed the ram and hung its fleece in the grove of Ares.
Colchis was the destination of the Voyage of the Argo, the far-eastern kingdom where King Aeetes kept the Golden Fleece in a sacred grove guarded by a dragon.
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