Editing Aeëtes (section)

== Family ==
Aeëtes was the son of Sun god [[Helios]] and the [[Oceanid]] [[Perse (mythology)|Perseis]], brother of [[Circe]], [[Perses (brother of Aeetes)|Perses]] and [[Pasiphaë]], and father of [[Medea]], [[Chalciope of Colchis|Chalciope]] and [[Absyrtus]]. His consort was either (1) [[Idyia]], the youngest daughter of [[Oceanus]],<ref>Hesiod, ''Theogony'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.+Th.+960 960]; [[Apollonius Rhodius]],  [https://archive.org/stream/argonautica00apoluoft#page/210/mode/2up 3.243–244]; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 1.9.23; [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''[[Fabulae]]'' 25;  [[Cicero]], ''[[De Natura Deorum]]'' 3.19</ref> (2) [[Asterodia|Asterodeia]], a [[Caucasus|Caucasian]] Oceanid,<ref>Apollonius of Rhodes, ''Argonautica'' 3.241</ref> (3) the Nereid [[Neaera (mythology)|Neaera]],<ref name=":0">Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 3.242</ref><ref>Preston's note to Apollonius of Rhodes, 3.330 "Asterodea" ([https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_TSVAAAAAYAAJ#page/n175/mode/1up p. 168]) quoting "Sophocles assigns them, as their parent, Neera, one of the Nereids" & "Now in his hands" ([https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_TSVAAAAAYAAJ#page/n220/mode/1up p. 269]) quoting "In his Scythians, [[Sophocles]] says, that Absyrtus was not the uterine brother of Medea: they were not the offspring of one bed; the youth was newly sprung from a Nereid.—Eiduia, the daughter of Ocean, bore the virgin.  "</ref> (4) [[Clytie|Clytia]],<ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' Preface</ref> (5) [[Ipsia]]<ref>Scholia ad Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' 23</ref> or [[Eurylyte (mythology)|Eurylyte]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>Preston's note to Apollonius of Rhodes, 3.330 "''Asterodea''" ([https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_TSVAAAAAYAAJ#page/n175/mode/1up p. 168]) quoting the name of Aeetes' wife: "The author of the Naupactica calls her Eurylyte".</ref>

According to others, he was the brother of Perses, a king of [[History of Crimea|Tauris]], husband of his niece [[Hecate]], and father of Medea, Chalciope and Absyrtus. Yet other versions make Aeëtes a native of [[Corinth]] and son of [[Ephyra (mythology)|Ephyra]], an Oceanid,<ref>[[Epimenides]] in scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius,  3.242</ref> or else of a certain [[Antiope (Greek myth)|Antiope]].<ref>Scholia ad [[Pindar]]'', Olympian Ode'' 13.52; [[Diophantus]] in scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius,  3.242; [[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes]] ad [[Lycophron]], [https://topostext.org/work/860#174 174]</ref>{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}} [[Asterope (Greek myth)|Asterope]] was also one of the possible mothers of Aeëtes.<ref>''[[Argonautica Orphica]]'' 1216</ref> (For a comparative table of Aeëtes' family, see [[Aeëtes#Family table|below]]).