Cholis’ fleet chased the ARGONAUTS, who rowed upriver into a Danube River outlet where JASON & MEDEA entrapped & killed her brother Abysyrus, then delayed the fleet with Abysyrus’ body parts.

By Janet Kira Lessin, Author of NINMAH, MOTHER OF HUMANITY

**“The Chase into the Enchanted Danube”** As thunder growled overhead, Cholis’ monstrous fleet surged down the mist-shrouded Danube, chasing the Argonauts’ gleaming vessel into a forgotten, enchanted river outlet. Magical energies sparked along the water and trees, twisting the landscape into a realm of myth and peril, as Jason and his crew rowed desperately toward a deadly trap.

Cholis’ fleet chased the ARGONAUTS, who rowed upriver into a Danube River outlet where JASON & MEDEA entrapped & killed her brother ABYSYRTUS, then delayed the fleet with Abysyrus’ body parts.*

Cholis’ fleet chased the ARGONAUTS, who rowed upriver into a Danube River outlet where JASON & MEDEA entrapped & killed her brother ABYSYRTUS, then delayed the fleet with Abysyrus’ body parts.

**“The Betrayal of Abysyrtus”** In the depths of the misty forest, fierce determination burned in Jason’s eyes, and cold calculation shimmered in Medea’s gaze. Abysyrtus, her brother, wide-eyed and trembling, realized too late the extent of the betrayal. In that fleeting, fateful moment, bloodlines shattered, and fate took a darker course.

By Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. (Anthropology, U.C.L.A.), Co-Author (with Janet Kira Lessin) of ANUNNAKI, GODS NO MORE (More Greek history with an Anunnaki twist is at https://wp.me/s1TVCy-greece ).

Medea’s brother Absyrtus, the Don Jr. of Ancient Greece, and his squadron of ships chased the Argos as it fled from Cholis with Jason, Medea, and the Golden Fleece onboard.

**“Pursuit on the Enchanted Danube”** As Jason, Medea, and the Golden Fleece fled Cholis, Absyrtus led a vengeful squadron upriver. Battling exhaustion and the river’s relentless current, the Argonauts struggled toward safety, while behind them loomed the wrath of a brother betrayed.

To elude Abysyrus’ and King Aietes’ other ships, the Argonauts rowed against the current of a tributary of the Danube River. They exhausted themselves and had to rest. Aysyrtus’s pursuing squadron closed in on them. JASON & MEDEA ENTRAPPED & MURDERED ABSYRTUS

**“The Murder of Absyrtus”** In the misty woods beyond the river’s bend, Jason and Medea struck. Jason’s sword flashed with grim purpose, and Medea’s cold sorcery sealed her brother’s fate. In Absyrtus’ wide, betrayed eyes, the legacy of trust was forever shattered.

Absyrus sent Jason an offer: You keep the Fleece; give me Medea to execute for all to see in Cholis.

Jason and his men took Medea to a nearby temple of the Goddess Artemis, tied her up at the base of Artemis’ statue, and (apparently) left the area.

When Absyrus and his escort entered the Temple of Artemis, they found Medea alone at the base of Artemis’s statue. She was bound and sobbing. Abysyrus sent his men outside and tormented Medea with a description of how their father would have her publicly tortured and then put to death in Cholis for all to see how traitors like her die.

**“Cruelty and Tears”** Standing over his captive sister, Absyrtus reveled in his promised revenge. Medea’s sobs echoed in the cold stone temple, her fate seemingly sealed — but betrayal in the name of the gods would soon claim a far greater price.

**The Aftermath at Artemis’ Temple** The sacred temple stood heavy with silence. Jason, sword lowered but spirit ablaze, drove the enemy into retreat. Medea turned from her brother’s still form, her heart distant, as they gathered the fallen and fled back to the river’s uncertain mercy.

**“Burden of the Gods”** Jason’s rage and sorrow carved deep lines into his face, while Medea’s distant eyes stared into a future weighed by blood and betrayal. In Artemis’ shadow, mortal deeds became immortal wounds.

**The Weight of Betrayal** Amid the mist and broken vows, Jason’s fierce rage and Medea’s hollow sorrow bled into the ancient stones. In their eyes burned the cost of survival — a debt written in blood and bound to the will of the gods.

Jason emerged from concealment and thrust his sword through Abysyrus’ back, piercing the Prince’s heart. Then Jason, screaming in rage, rushed Absyrus’ guards. The guards fled back to their Camp.

**Flight from the Temple** Fear tore through the hearts of Absyrus’ warriors as Jason’s wrath echoed among the marble columns. Into the mist and shadow they fled, abandoning the temple — and their prince — to the judgment of the gods.

**Faces of Flight** Terror carved itself into the faces of Absytus’ warriors as they fled the sacred halls. In the shifting mist and golden torchlight, fear stripped them of their oaths, their armor, and their pride.

Medea looked away from her brother’s blood-soaked body. Her eyes became unfocused. She said, “The goddess Artemis was offended at Abysyrus‘ body here in her Temple. We must take his body with us.” They took the corpse and ran back to the Argo. The Argonauts furiously rowed again up the river.

**The Price of Blood** In the misty halls of Artemis, burdened with the body of the slain prince, Jason, Medea, and the Argonauts fled the goddess’ wrath. Medea’s unfocused gaze spoke not only of sorrow, but of the doom their hands had summoned.

**The Goddess’ Warning** Medea’s voice trembled with divine fear as she turned her eyes from blood and kin. In the swirling mist of Artemis’ temple, her distant gaze foretold the price of angering gods and spilling sacred blood.

King Aietes’ navy pursued and closed in on the Argo. The Argonauts could hear King Aietes yell, You won’t escape with Absyrus’ body.

**The Pursuit of the Damned** King Aietes’ warships surged through mist and ancient trees, roaring for vengeance. The Argonauts bent their backs to the oars, racing the river’s fury with a cargo the gods would curse.

**Desperation on the River** Sweat and fear mingled with the river’s mist as the Argonauts battled the current. Jason’s strength, Medea’s sorrow, and the weight of a murdered prince drove them forward, as vengeance loomed dark on their wake.

You can have his body if you retrieve it, Medea yelled. She tossed Abysyrus’ head into the river. Her act was a calculated move, not a display of blind rage.

Aietes retrieved his son’s head, abandoned the chase, and had his squadron retrieve each part of Aietes’ corpse as Medea threw each of her brother’s hands, arms, feet, and legs overboard from the Argus. While Aietes’ men took the time to find each body part, the Argo distanced itself from the King’s squadron.

**A Calculated Sacrifice** Medea cast her brother’s remains into the river upon the swirling, haunted waters. No fury burned in her eyes — only cold, ruthless strategy. Behind her, the Argo raced toward the thinning mists of escape.

**The Face of Ruthless Resolve** **Description:** No sorrow clouded Medea’s gaze as the river claimed its grim offering. Her calm, calculating eyes spoke of a mind sharpened by survival — a spirit willing to defy gods and blood alike.

The bereft King sent half his fleet and ordered the other half to capture the Argo. Get it or you’re dead men, he warned.

**The King’s Ultimatum** Grief burned to fury in King Aietes’ heart as he split his forces and hurled a final threat into the mist. Vengeance would ride the river’s breath — or death would come for those who failed him.

**Wrath of a King** Tears of rage blurred the storm on King Aietes’ brow. His roar cut through mist and rain, a vow of death for those who dared to steal his blood and pride.

✨ The Chase into the Enchanted Danube ✨

By Janet Kira Lessin & Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D.

Summary As thunder cracked the heavens, Cholis’ war fleet stormed down the misty Danube, chasing the Argonauts — Jason, Medea, and the stolen Golden Fleece — into an enchanted river tributary. There, deep within mythic forests brimming with ancient power, Jason and Medea sprang a deadly trap: they lured Medea’s brother, Prince Absyrtus, into the sacred Temple of Artemis, where betrayal, blood, and sacrifice would forever bind them to the gods’ wrath. Jason struck the fatal blow; Medea delivered the greater treachery, casting her brother’s severed body parts into the river to delay King Aietes’ pursuing fleet. Through mist, blood, and heartbreak, the Argonauts fled with the Fleece, cursed forever by the gods whose temple they defiled.

Narrative Arc

- The Chase: Cholis’ monstrous fleet pursues the Argonauts into the magical Danube tributary.

- The Betrayal: Jason and Medea trap and kill Medea’s brother, Absyrtus, inside the sacred Temple of Artemis.

- The Flight: Haunted by blood guilt, they flee with Absyrtus’ body — an affront to the goddess.

- The Dismemberment: Medea, calculating and cold, casts her brother’s remains into the river, forcing the enemy fleet to halt their pursuit.

- The King’s Fury: King Aietes, stricken with grief and rage, swears death on those who stole his daughter, son, and pride.

🌊 Poem: Mist and Blood on the Danube

Upon the haunted river’s bend, Where gods and mortals dare to wend, A brother’s cry, a sister’s scheme, Shattered trust in mist and dream.

Beneath Artemis’ sorrowed gaze, A sword flashed through the holy haze, A prince fell silent, bound in death, While the gods withheld their sacred breath.

Through mist they fled, through blood they wept, While vengeance through the river crept. Each severed limb has a price to pay— A debt no river could wash away.

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