Absyrtides

ABSY´RTIDESor APSY´RTIDES(Ἀψυρτίδες: Eth. Ἀψυρτεύς, Ἄψυρτος: Chersoand Osero), the name of two islands off the coast of Illyricum, so called because, according to one tradition, Absyrtus was slain here by his sister Medea and by Jason. Ptolemy mentions only one island APSORRUS(Ἄψορρος), on which he places two towns Crepsa (Κρέψα) and Apsorrus. (Strab. p. 315; Steph. Byz. s. v.;Mel. 2.7; Plin. Nat. 3.26; Ptol. 2.16.13.)

Islands at the head of the Adriatic, in the Sinus Flanaticus (Gulf of Quarnero); named, as tradition reported, from Absyrtus the brother of Medea, who, according to one account, was killed here. See Absyrtus.