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Peleus was the son of Aeacus, [3] king of the island of Aegina, [4] and Endeïs, the oread of Mount Pelion in Thessaly. [5] He married the sea-nymph Thetis with whom he fathered Achilles. Polymele, a daughter of Peleus, was one of the possible mothers of Patroclus by Menoetius. [6]
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.
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]
In Greek mythology, Queen Endeïs (/ ɛ n ˈ d iː ɪ s /; Ancient Greek: Ενδηίς or Ενδαΐς) was the wife of King Aeacus and mother of the heroes Telamon and Peleus (since Peleus was the father of Achilles, Endeïs was Achilles's grandmother).
Astydamia married Acastus the heir of Pelias, until one day Peleus arrived at the court, seeking purification for his accidental murder of Eurytion during the hunt for the Calydonian Boar in Aetolia. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] Acastus gladly helped the remorseful man, but Astydamia grew deeply infatuated with Peleus, and tried to arrange meetings with him ...
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.
The cave where Jason and Medea were married is now called Medea's Cave. Altars that Medea set up in a local temple of Apollo still receive annual sacrifices to the nymphs who attended her wedding, and to the Fates (associated with births and marriages). As with the first Colchian fleet, the second dispersed rather than return home empty-handed.
He was the father of Peleus, Telamon and Phocus and was the grandfather of the Trojan war warriors Achilles and Telemonian Ajax. In some accounts, Aeacus had a daughter called Alcimache who bore Medon to Oileus of Locris. [3] Aeacus' sons Peleus and Telamon were jealous of Phocus and killed him.