Aeson

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Aeson is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the king of Iolcus and the father of the hero Jason, leader of the Argonauts.

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Label Occurrences
Aeson canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf figure in Greek mythology
mythological king
appearsIn Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
surface form: Apollodorus’ Bibliotheca

Argonautica
surface form: Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica

Hyginus’ Fabulae
Pindar's odes
surface form: Pindar’s Pythian Odes

Jason and the Argonauts
surface form: myths of Jason and the Argonauts
associatedWith Golden Fleece
surface form: Golden Fleece myth

Medea’s magic
causeOfQuestOf Jason
childOf Cretheus
Tyro
conflictWith Pelias
culture Ancient Greek
ethnicity Greek
fateInMyth drank bull’s blood (in some versions)
killed by Pelias
fatherOf Jason
genre mythology
grandchildOf Aeolus
grandfatherOf Medeius
children of Jason
hasChild Jason
Promachus
hasRole father of the Argonauts’ leader
legitimate ruler displaced by a usurper
kingOf Iolcus
languageOfSources Ancient Greek
locatedIn Thessaly
methodOfRejuvenation cut into pieces and boiled in a cauldron
nameInGreek Αἴσων
rejuvenatedBy Medea
relatedTo Pelias
revivedBy Medea
ruledIn Iolcus
siblingOf Alcestis (mythological queen)
surface form: Alcestis

Amythaon
Pheres
other children of Cretheus and Tyro
spouseOf Alcimede
Amphinome
Polymede
Rhoeo
Scarphe
statusInMyth rightful king of Iolcus
timePeriod mythic age of heroes
usurpedBy Pelias

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jason father Aeson
Tyro grandmotherOf Aeson
Iolkos governedBy Aeson
Alcimede spouseOf Aeson
Alcimede hasSpouse Aeson
Cretheus child Aeson
Iolcus associatedWith Aeson
Iolcus hasKing Aeson
Pelias sibling Aeson
Pelias halfBrother Aeson
Pheres grandfather Aeson