Absyrtus, or Apsyrtus (Greek: ), was in Greek mythology the son of Aeëtes and a brother of Medea and Chalciope. His mother is variously given: Hyginus calls her Ipsia, Apollodorus calls her Idyia, Apollonius calls her Asterodeia, and others Hecate, Neaera, or Eurylyte. When Medea fled with Jason, she took her brother Absyrtus with her, and when she was nearly overtaken by her father, she murdered her brother, cut his body into pieces and strewed them on the road, so that her father might th… (More on Apsyrtus)