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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]
Acastus took Peleus on a hunting trip atop Mount Pelion and once Peleus fell asleep, Acastus hid his sword away and abandoned him on the mountainside. Peleus woke up and as a group of centaurs was about to attack him, the wise centaur Chiron, or, according to another source, Hermes, returned his sword to him and Peleus managed to escape. [11]
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.
Jason (/ ˈ dʒ eɪ s ən / JAY-sən; Ancient Greek: Ἰάσων, romanized: Iásōn [i.ǎːsɔːn]) was an ancient Greek mythological hero and leader of the Argonauts, whose quest for the Golden Fleece is featured in Greek literature.
In Greek mythology, Aeson (/ ˈ iː s ɒ n /; [1] Ancient Greek: Αἴσων Aísōn) was a king of Iolcus in Thessaly.He was the father of the hero Jason.According to one version of the story, he was imprisoned by his half-brother Pelias, and when Pelias intended to kill him he committed suicide.
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?
Pelias, king of Iolcus and uncle of Jason who sent him to fetch the Golden Fleece. [1] Pelias, a son of Aeginetes, descendant of King Amyclas of Laconia. Through his son Ampyx, Pelias was the ancestor of Patreus who founded Patras. [2] Pelias, father of Iphidamas and Eurydamas who were both counted among the Achaeans in the Trojan War. [3]
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 ...