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Polymele, a daughter of Peleus, was one of the possible mothers of Patroclus by Menoetius. [6] Peleus and his brother Telamon were friends of Jason and both were counted as Argonauts. [7] Though there were no further kings in Aegina, the kings of Epirus claimed descent from Peleus in the historic period. [8]
Pelias was the son of Tyro and Poseidon.His wife is recorded as either Anaxibia, daughter of Bias, or Phylomache, daughter of Amphion.He was the father of Acastus, [1] Pisidice, Alcestis, Pelopia, Hippothoe, [2] Amphinome, Evadne, [3] Asteropeia, Antinoe [4] and Medusa. [5]
Later Jason and Peleus, father of the hero Achilles, attacked and defeated Acastus, reclaiming the throne of Iolcus for himself once more. Jason's son, Thessalus , then became king. As a result of breaking his vow to love Medea forever, Jason lost his favor with Hera and died lonely and unhappy.
The wise centaur Chiron (or the god Hermes) [7] returned Peleus' sword and Peleus managed to escape. With Jason and the Dioscuri, Peleus sacked Iolcus, dismembered Astydamia (and, in some accounts, Acastus himself), and marched his army between the pieces. Their kingdom later fell to Jason's son Thessalus.
In Greek mythology, Astydamia (/ ə ˌ s t ɪ d ə ˈ m iː ə /; Ancient Greek: Ἀστυδάμεια, romanized: Astudámeia, lit. 'tamer of the city'), also called Hippolyta and sometimes simply identified as Cretheis in a patronymic manner (Κρηθηίς, meaning “the daughter of Cretheus”), is a princess and then queen of the ancient Greek city of Iolcus in Thessaly, the daughter of ...
The elder brother of Peleus, Telamon sailed alongside Jason as one of his Argonauts, [2] and was present at the hunt for the Calydonian Boar. In the Iliad, he was the father of Greek heroes Ajax the Great and Teucer by different mothers. Some accounts mention a third son of his, Trambelus. [3] [AI-generated source?
Jason's isolation soon ends with a visit by three nymphs, the guardians of Libya, with mysterious instructions about how to survive. Peleus interprets the instructions on his behalf: they must carry the Argo across the desert. Twelve days later, their ship on their shoulders, they arrive at Lake Triton and the garden of the Hesperides. They ...
In Greek mythology, Mount Pelion (which took its name from the mythical king Peleus, father of Achilles) was the homeland of Chiron the Centaur, tutor of many ancient Greek heroes, such as Jason, Achilles, Theseus and Heracles. On Mount Pelion, near Chiron's cave, the marriage of Thetis and Peleus took place.