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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]
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.
The earliest attestation of this episode is found in Pindar's fourth and fifth Nemean odes, written between 483 and 473 BC. Pindar writes in the fourth ode that Hippolyta's ‘crafty arts’ against Peleus, and Acastus’ attempt to kill him via animal ambush (which was only thwarted thanks to an intervention by the wise centaur Chiron) led to him waging a war against the city of Iolcus.
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?
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.
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.