Aeëtes, Æetes (/iːˈiːtiːz/; Ancient Greek: Αἰήτης, Aiȇtēs, [ai̯.ɛ̂ː.tɛːs]; Georgian: აიეტი, Aiet'i, [ɑiɛtʼi]), or Aeeta, was a king of Colchis in Greek mythology. The name comes from the ancient Greek word αἰετός (aietós, "eagle").
Some time later, Jason arrived to claim the fleece as his own. Aeëtes promised to give it to him only if he could perform certain tasks. First, Jason had to plow a field with fire-breathing oxen that he had to yoke himself. Then, Jason sowed the teeth of a dragon into a field. The teeth sprouted into an army of warriors. Jason was quick-thinking, however, and before they attacked him, he threw a rock into the crowd. Unable to determine whence the rock had come, the soldiers attacked and killed each other. Finally, Aeëtes made Jason fight and kill the sleepless dragon that guarded the fleece. Jason then took the fleece and sailed away with Aeëtes's daughter Medea, who had fallen in love with him and had done much to help him win the fleece. Aeëtes pursued them in his own ship as they fled, but Medea distracted her father by killing and dismembering her brother, Absyrtus, and throwing pieces of his cadaver overboard. Aeëtes paused to gather the pieces of his son, and thus Jason and Medea escaped.
In the God of War Series[]
God of War II[]
Jason mentions King Aeetes telling Kratos that he stole his golden fleece after doing many favors for him. Jason also says that he and Medea fled Colchis.
Trivia[]
In the novelization of GoW II, Jason mentions Aeetes and his daughter Medea.
