Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Perses.
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Bibliotheca
Apollodorus
Apollodorus makes Perses brother of Aeetes, son of Helios — the Colchian usurper whom Medea later kills when she returns from Greece.
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Perses (brother of Aeetes)
Son of Helios and Perse, brother of Aeetes and Circe — usurper of Colchis, carefully distinct from the Titan Perses, father of Hecate.
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Aeetes
Perses' brother — the Colchian king of the Golden Fleece whose throne Perses seizes in the aftermath of Jason's voyage.
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Medea
In later tradition Medea returns to Colchis and kills the usurper Perses, restoring Aeetes — the witch closing her father's house.