Such an absurd name reportedly was borne by the ancient king of Colchis during the time of Jason. It makes sense to try to make sure that we are not talking about a person's name, but about the name of a country. In Greek, the word is written like this: "Αἰήτης". We discard the purely Greek ending "-ης" and get the root "Αἰήτ". The problem is that the combination "Αἰ" is often read in Greek as [e], which is why "Eet". Although, if you need to convey in Greek letters a combination that sounds exactly [ai], then you will have to write "Αἰ" in exactly the same way. That is, if we interpret "Αἰήτης" not as "Eet" (like they do in Russian, for example), but as "Aiet", then we come to the root "Aia", which, as is known, is the ancient name of Kutaisi, the capital of Colchis. That is, "Aieti" should be interpreted as "the country of Aia". And there is no "king Eetes".
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