This article is about King Peleus of Phthia. For Pelias, uncle of Jason and King of Iolcus, see Pelias
Peleus was the father of Achilleus, the main hero of Homer's Iliad. He was king over the Myrmidons in Phthia. In the Cypria, the start of the Epic Cycle that includes Homer's two narratives, Peleus was brought to marriage with Thetis the sea-nymph by Zeus. He was also a famed warrior and an Argonauts.
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Preceded by: Eurytion |
King of Phthia Mythic |
Succeeded by Neoptolemus |
Heroes in Greek mythology | |
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Heracles • Theseus • Perseus • Odysseus • Oedipus • Orpheus • Jason and the Argonauts • Nestor • Atalanta • Cadmus • Hector • Memnon • Achilleus • Daedalus • Bellerophon • Deucalion • Peleus • Kastor and Polydeukes • Palamḗdēs • Diomedes • Meleager • Telamon • Ajax • Philoctetes • Laertes |