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by Micha F. Lindemans

The son of Athamas and Nephele. When his stepmother Ino attempted to take his life, he was miraculously saved by his mother (see: Helle). After he had hung the Golden Fleece, of the ram that brought him to Colchis, in the saved forest of Ares, he married Chalciope, the daughter of King Aeetes.