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The son of Kretheus (Cretheus) and Tyro and the brother of Athamas.

There are two versions of who was Aeson’s wife and the mother of Iason (Jason):

  1. Aeson and Alkimede (Alcimede) were the parents of Iason; and
  2. Aeson and Polymede were the parents of Iason.

When news was received that the Iason and the Argonauts were returning from their quest for the Golden Fleece, Aeson was forced to commit suicide by his step-brother, Pelias; this prompted Iason’s sorceress wife, Medea, to trick the daughters of Pelias into thinking that they could restore their father’s youth by chopping him up and boiling him in a magic potion; the trick worked and Aeson’s death was avenged.

  • Theogony, lines 991-1001
  • Argonautika, book 1, lines 46 and 253
  • Eoiae, fragment 13

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