Absyrtus (also Apsyrtus) was the son of Aeëtes and a brother of Medea. To facilitate Jason's escape from Colchis, Medea cut Absyrtus into pieces and threw them in the way of her father, who paused to pick them up. Aeetes (in Greek Αἰήτης, Georgian Ayeti) - King of Colchis (Georgian name Kolkheti, territory of modern West Georgia) in Greek mythology, Aeetes figured prominently in the story of Jason and the Argonauts. ... Sarah Bernhardt in Euripides Medea, poster by Alfons Mucha In Greek mythology Medea was the daughter of King Aeetes of Colchis (now a territory of modern Georgia) and niece of Circe, and later wife to Jason. ... In ancient geography, Colchis (sometimes spelled also as Kolchis) (Greek: Κολχίς, kÅl´kĬs; Georgian: კáƒáƒšáƒ®áƒ”თი, Kolkheti) was a nearly triangular district in Caucasus. ...
Another version of the myth states that instead of Medea killing her brother, she told him she had been kidnapped and to rescue her from a certain spot. When he had been lured there, Jason ambushed him and killed him.
In Greek mythology, Absyrtus (or Apsyrtus) was the son of Aeëtes and a brother of Medea.
To facilitate Jason's escape from Colchis, Medea cut Absyrtus into pieces and threw them in the way of her father, who paused to pick them up.
Another version of the myth states that instead of Medea killing her brother, she told him she had been kidnapped and to rescue her from a certain spot.
Absyrtus (also Apsyrtus) was the son of Aeëtes and a brother of Medea.
To facilitate Jason's escape from Colchis, Medea cut Absyrtus into pieces and threw them in the way of her father, who paused to pick them up.
Another version of the myth states that instead of Medea killing her brother, she told him she had been kidnapped and to rescue her from a certain spot.
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