Absyrtus

Jason, having killed Absyrtus, his brother-in-law, went, we are told, with Medea, who was more guilty than himself, to be absolved by Circe, the queen and priestess of Æa, who passed in those days for a most powerful sorceress.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

Jason, she taught him how to tame the fire-breathing brass-feeted bulls, and kill the mighty dragon that kept the golden fleece, and tore her little brother Absyrtus in pieces, that her father.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

This might possibly be a very good dish, but it could neither compensate for the blood of Absyrtus, nor make Jason and Medea more worthy people, unless while eating their pig they also manifested the sincerity of their repentance.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

She sent a message to her brother Absyrtus, to the effect that she had been carried off against her will, and promised that if he would meet her, in the darkness of night, in the temple of Artemis, she would assist him in regaining possession of the Golden Fleece.

Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens

-- Meanwhile Aëtes, having discovered the loss of his daughter and the Golden Fleece, despatched a large fleet, under the command of his son Absyrtus, in pursuit of the fugitives.

Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens

She then fled with Jason, and to delay the pursuit of her father, sacrificed her brother Absyrtus.

Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader John [Editor] Kirtland

Relying on the good faith of his sister, Absyrtus fell into the snare, and duly appeared at the appointed trysting-place; and whilst Medea kept her {227} brother engaged in conversation, Jason rushed forward and slew him.

Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens

Erat in náví Argonautárum fílius quídam régis Aeétae, nómine Absyrtus, quem, ut suprá démónstrávimus, Médéa ex urbe fugiéns sécum abdúxerat.

Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader John [Editor] Kirtland

Danube, where they are overtaken by Medea's brother Absyrtus, who has come in anger to reclaim his sister and take vengeance on the stranger who has beguiled her.

Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Harold Edgeworth Butler 1914

Apollonius they descended from the head waters of the Danube by some mythical river to the Adriatic; it is in the Adriatic that Absyrtus is encountered and slain; it is in Phaeacia that Jason and Medea are married.

Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Harold Edgeworth Butler 1914