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(Lordkipanidze 1989, 219, 210; 1991, 110; 1986, 44;
Lordkipanidze 2000, 149; also see: Salvini 1995, 70; Gordeziani
2009, 83).
6. On the Origin of the Name Aeëtes
The name / – Aeëtes, derived from the name
of the country Aea, is attested in the Ancient Greek sources.
Below these data are presented.
It is well known from Greek mythology that ”the son of
Athamas [Phrixus] brought the ram [with golden wool] to the
sunny Eëa (resp. Aea) near the Black sea. [Aea and Corinth]
were ruled by King Aeëtes, 1 the son of the Sun-god Hélios [and
the Oceanid Perseis, a daughter of Oceanus]. He had two daughters:
beautiful Medea 2 and Chalciope, and the son –
Apsyrtus” (Urushadze 1948, 13; also see Smith 1869, I, 24).
Strabo (I, 2, 39; Jones 1960, 166, 167; also see: Xenophon
V, 6, 37; Macmichael 1890, 145) writes:
”... Aeëtes is believed to have ruled over Colchis, and the
name Aeëtes is still locally current among the people of that
region”.
The Orphic Argonautica describes the voyage of Argonauts
to the country of the Sun – Aea, Colchis (Urushadze 1964, 63,
64). Comparing Colchians’ king, Aeëtes, a son of Hélios, with
the Sun has special importance in the poem. E.g. lines 809-812
1 . See: Eumelus of Corinth, Corinthiaca 2; Tzetz. ad Lycophr. 1024; EGF 1877,
I, 189 (Urushadze 1964, 22, 195, 2c); Lycophr., Alexandra 1024 (Bachmann
1830, 215; Urushadze 1964, 301).
2 . Anthroponym (Medus, son of Medea and Jason?) was connected
to Myceneaen Greek anthroponym [me-de-jo] KN B (5) 800.4 (104)
(DMic 2 ) by R. Janko (1982; 2007, 247; comp.: R. Gordeziani 1999, 101;
2007, III, 481-482; Gordeziani 2009, 79).
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