Apsyrtos/Definition

A character from Greek mythology who was the younger brother of Medea, whom she kills, chops into pieces, and throws overboard to slow down her father's pursuit of the Argo. Source: Elizabeth Vandiver, Classics scholar, authority on Greek mythology and Greek tragedy, including the Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Homer, and Virgil. This definition is based on her course Classical Mythology for The Teaching Company.