Aison
Sign in to saveIn Greek mythology, Aeson (; Ancient Greek: Αἴσων Aísōn) was a king of Iolcus in Thessaly. He was the father of the hero Jason. According to one version of the story, he was imprisoned by his half-brother Pelias, and when Pelias intended to kill him he committed suicide. In another story, he was killed by Jason's wife Medea, who brought him back to life as a young man.
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Vinony's link graph records 74 inbound references to Aison, and connects out to Medea, Apollonius of Rhodes and Gaius Valerius Flaccus.
It is catalogued under topics including Aeolides, Kings in Greek mythology and Kings of Iolcus.
Vinony links it to 39 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Greek
- Deity.name
- Aeson
- Deity.deity_of
- King of Iolcus
- Deity.image
- Aeson medea.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Medea rejuvenates Aeson by Nicolas-André Monsiau
- Deity.alt
- Medea and King Aeson
- Deity.abode
- Iolcus
- Deity.consort
- Polymele or Polymede
- Deity.parents
- Cretheus and Tyro
- Deity.siblings
- Amythaon and Pheres
- Deity.offspring
- Jason and Promachus
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- name in native language
- Αἴσων
- worshipped by
- Greek mythology
- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- Commons category
- Aeson
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Medea
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Apollonius of Rhodes
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Gaius Valerius Flaccus
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Bibliotheca
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Iolcos
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Homer
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Crete
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Seneca
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Euripides
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Ancient Greek
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Odyssey
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Greek mythology
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Hesiod
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Poseidon
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Hera
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Heracles
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Diodorus Siculus
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Metamorphoses
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Orpheus
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