Editing Medus (section)

=== Flight from Athens ===
As the son of Aegeus, Medus and his mother were driven as fugitives from Athens after Medea plotted against [[Theseus]].<ref>Apollodorus, 1.9.28; Hyginus, ''[[Fabulae]]'' 26</ref> Following his mother, Medus was brought by a storm to the court of King [[Perses of Colchis|Perses]] of Colchis and Medus was seized by the guards and presented to the current ruler. This Perses was the son of [[Helios]] and the brother of the former king Aeëtes.<ref>Hyginus, ''[[Fabulae]]'' 244</ref> He ruled after the death of his brother but by some accounts, Aeëtes was murdered or deposed by Perses.<ref>Diodorus Siculus, ''Bibliotheca historica'' 4.56.1</ref> When Medus saw that he had come into the power of his enemy, he falsely asserted he was [[Hippotes]], son of King [[Creon (king of Corinth)|Creon]] of [[Corinth]]. Perses carefully investigated and ordered him to be cast into prison to protect his throne from any potential claimants because he feared the prophecy that he should be aware of Aeëtes' descendants (i.e. Medus). Afterwards, sterility and scarcity of crops are said to have occurred.<ref>Hyginus, ''[[Fabulae]]'' 27</ref>