Aeson
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
in the texts
Pythian
The rightful former king of Iolcus, father of Jason, dispossessed by Pelias.
But as for the royal scepter and the throne, in which Aeson son of Cretheus once sat, and dispensed straight justice for a nation of horsemen:
For I am the son of Aeson, and a native;
History of the Peloponnesian War
Argive envoy sent to Lacedaemon to negotiate a treaty, alongside Eustrophus.
they sent as envoys to Lacedaemon, as quickly as they could, Eustrophus and Aeson, who were considered to be the most acceptable persons to them;