#Medea
- Absyrtus — A character in Greek mythology (also known as Apsyrtos), Medea's brother, killed and dismembered by her to delay their father (Aeetes) in his pursuit of the Argonauts. In moral philosophy, hermeneutics, and early psychoanalysis, his name is used as a conceptual archetype or metaphor for innocent sacrifice, the brutal fragmentation of moral blood bonds, and tragic self-sacrifice in the name of blind passion or devastating ambition.
- Absyrtus — In Greek mythology, a Colchian prince, son of King Aeëtes and brother of Medea. He is chiefly known for his tragic role in the myth of the Argonauts; during Medea's flight with Jason on the ship Argo, she killed and dismembered Absyrtus, scattering his remains in the sea to delay her pursuing father, who stopped to gather them for burial.
- Acastus — A Greek mythological hero and king of Iolcus, son of Pelias and Anaxibia. He participated in the famous Argonauts' expedition in search of the Golden Fleece (going against his father's will) and took part in the Calydonian Boar hunt. Following his father's murder instigated by Medea, Acast ascended the throne, expelled Jason and Medea, and organized grand funeral games, a legendary episode widely celebrated in ancient poetry and art.
- Aeetes — Mythological king of Colchis, son of the sun god Helios and the nymph Perseis, brother of the sorceress Circe and father of Medea. He is celebrated in Greek legends as the original owner of the Golden Fleece, which he guarded with a monstrous dragon that never slept, becoming the primary antagonist of Jason and the invading Argonauts.
- Aeson — A character in Greek mythology, legendary king of Iolcus in Thessaly, son of Cretheus and Tyro, and father of the hero Jason. According to the legend, his half-brother Pelias usurped his throne, forcing him into isolation, and later, in the famous account from Ovid's Metamorphoses, the sorceress Medea restored his youth through a complex magical structural rejuvenation ritual.