Pelia (Ancient Greek: Πελία, romanized: Pelia) in Greek mythology is a minor Cypriot figure, kin to Adonis, who played a role in a minor myth. Pelia had...

In Greek mythology, Pelias (/ˈpiːliæs/; Ancient Greek: Πελίας) may refer to the following characters: Pelias, king of Iolcus and uncle of Jason who sent...

Pelias (/ˈpiːliæs/ PEE-lee-ass; Ancient Greek: Πελίας) was king of Iolcus in Greek mythology. He was the one who sent Jason on the quest for the Golden...

mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology...

Melus a companion to his son Adonis. Melus eventually married a woman named Pelia, who was kin to Cinyras and Adonis, and had a son by her, also named Melus...

Centaurus and Lapithes - Sons of Ixion and Nephele or Apollo and Stilbe. Pelias and Neleus - Sons of Poseidon and Tyro. Phrixus and Helle - Children of...

miniseries of the same name. Pelias (Aeson's half-brother) was power-hungry and sought to gain dominion over all of Thessaly. Pelias was the progeny of a union...

to destroy the city of Iolcus in revenge for the treachery of its king Pelias. When their sister Helen was abducted by Theseus, the half-brothers invaded...

on the Northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos. Mythology portal Ancient Greece portal Melus Heliades Pelia Clytie Cyparissus Alcyone and Ceyx Hesychius...

these dogs, Cyrene had been able to win the prize in the funeral games of Pelias. Pindar describes her in his Pythian Ode: And by Hypseus was reared this...

The film differs in some ways from the traditional telling in Greek mythology: Pelias does not kill his half-brother King Aristo (Aeson) but instead had...

performed. Hera, who was angry at Pelias, conspired to make Jason fall in love with Medea, who, Hera hoped, would kill Pelias. Hera's plan worked, and the...

part in the funeral games organized in honor of Pelias by his son Acastus, the famous Athla epi Pelia in which some of the foremost heroes of Greece competed...

who competed for the chariot-race in celebration of the funeral games of Pelias. The swift horse Arion was also said to begotten by loud-piping Zephyrus...

birth to twin sons, Pelias and Neleus, fathered by Poseidon. With Cretheus, she had three sons: Aeson, Pheres, and Amythaon. In mythology, Poseidon disguised...

fate. Ancient Greece portal Mythology portal Heliades Pelia Niobe Wright, M. Rosemary. "A Dictionary of Classical Mythology: Summary of Transformations"...

he killed himself, mourning over Adonis' death. Likewise, Melus's wife Pelia was turned into a dove. She was also associated with pomegranates, possibly...

Corinth. Πελασγίς (Πελασγίς) at Iolkos. A sacrifice was performed to Hera by Pelias. Σαμία (Samia), with a famous temple at Samos. Φαρυγαία (Pharygaia) at the...

one version of the story, he was imprisoned by his half-brother Pelias, and when Pelias intended to kill him he committed suicide. In another story, he...

son of Poseidon and Tyro and king of Pylos. He was the twin brother of Pelias, who played a key role in the story of the Argonauts. He and most of his...

In Greek mythology, Chiron (/ˈkaɪrən/ KY-rən; also Cheiron or Kheiron; Ancient Greek: Χείρων, romanized: Kheírōn, lit. 'hand') was held to be the superlative...

Ποσειδῶν) is one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and mythology, presiding over the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses. He was the protector...

goddesses, and many other divine and semi-divine figures from ancient Greek mythology and ancient Greek religion. The Greeks created images of their deities...

where the rightful king Aeson had been imprisoned by his evil half-brother Pelias. In some accounts, Alcimede was called the daughter of Autolycus; the same...

Euripides's tragedy Alcestis. Alcestis was the fairest among the daughters of Pelias, king of Iolcus, and either Anaxibia or Phylomache. She was sister to Acastus...

mistreated. Pelias and Neleus, Tyro's twin sons, sought revenge when they reached adulthood. Although Sidero fled from them into Hera's district, Pelias nevertheless...

win the hand of Alcestis, the daughter of Pelias, king of Iolcus. Alcestis had so many suitors that Pelias set an apparently impossible task to the suitors—to...

father of Chloris and Phylomache, respectively the wives of Neleus and Pelias. Also, Elara, the mother of the giant Tityus was also described sometimes...

of Astydamia is in honour of Astydamia (from Greek mythology), the wife of Acastus, son of Pelias. It was first described and published in Coll. Mém....

son of King Deion and Diomede. Canes married Evadne, daughter of King Pelias of Iolcus. Their marriage was arranged by the hero Jason in compensation...