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- king of Iolcos
- Son of
- 👤 Poseidon 👤 Tyro
- Father of
- 👤 Acastos 👤 Alcestis 👤 Anaxibia (Argive) 👤 Antinoe (d. of Pelias) 👤 Asteropeia 👤 Hippothoe (d. of Pelias) 👤 Medousa (Thessalian) 👤 Peisidice (Thessalian) 👤 Pelopeia (Thessalian)
- Twin of
- 👤 Neleus (Pylian)
- Husband of
- 👤 Anaxibia (Argive) 👤 Phylomache
- Has children with
- 👤 Anaxibia (Argive) 👤 Phylomache
- Conceived at
- 🌍 River Enipeus (Elis) 🌍 Salmone (Elis)
- Ruler of
- 🌍 Iolcos (Thessaly) 🌍 Thessaly
- Kills
- 👤 Promachos (Thessalian) 👤 Sidero
- Holds games at
- 🌍 Olympia (Elis)
- Dies at
- 🌍 Iolcos (Thessaly)
- Killed by
- 👤 Alcestis 👤 Medeia 👥 the Daughters of Pelias
- Buried at
- 🌍 Iolcos (Thessaly)
- Buried by
- 👤 Acastos
- Depictions
- 🌍 Delphi (Phocis) 💠 the Lesche of the Cnidians (Delphi) 🖌️ Attic Red-Figure Calyx Krater attributed to the Kleophon Painter (Logie Collection 178.94; Beazley 5046; LIMC Pelias 18)🖌️ Wall paintings from Pompeii (P-LOD r9-i2-p16-space-b)
- Related Entities
- ⏳ the Funeral Games of Pelias (Iolcos)🌍 Aia (unlocatable) 🌍 Aphetai (Thessaly) 🌍 Arene (Messenia?) 🌍 Colchis (Pontos) 🌍 Delphi (Phocis) 🌍 Iolcos (Thessaly) 🌍 Olympia (Elis) 🌍 Pherai (Thessaly) 🌍 River Anauros (Thessaly) 🌍 River Enipeus (Elis) 🌍 River Oceanos (unlocatable) 🌍 Thessaly 🌍 the Grove of Persephone 🌍 the Symplegades 🏛️ the Cave of Cheiron 🏺 the Argo 🏺 the Golden Fleece 🏺 the Lyre of Orpheus🏺 the Sandal of Jason 👤 Acastos 👤 Admetos (Argonaut) 👤 Aietes 👤 Aison 👤 Alcestis 👤 Anaxibia (Argive) 👤 Antinoe (d. of Pelias) 👤 Aphareus (Messenian) 👤 Apollo 👤 Asteropeia 👤 Chariclo (w. of Cheiron) 👤 Cheiron (Centaur) 👤 Cretheus (Thessalian) 👤 Hera 👤 Hippothoe (d. of Pelias) 👤 Jason (Argonaut) 👤 Marsyas 👤 Medeia 👤 Medousa (Thessalian) 👤 Neleus (Pylian) 👤 Olympos (f. of Marsyas) 👤 Orpheus 👤 Peisidice (Thessalian) 👤 Pelopeia (Thessalian) 👤 Philyra (Oceanid) 👤 Phrixos (s. of Athamas) 👤 Phylomache 👤 Polymede 👤 Poseidon 👤 Promachos (Thessalian) 👤 Promedon 👤 Schedios (Phocian I) 👤 Sidero 👤 Thamyris 👤 Tyro 👤 Zeus 👥 the Argonauts 👥 the Daughters of Pelias 💠 the Lesche of the Cnidians (Delphi)
- Appears in
- 📜 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.10📜 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.15📜 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.16📜 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.27📜 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.8📜 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.9📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 10.334📜 Euripides, Alcestis 1-37📜 Euripides, Alcestis 706-740📜 Euripides, Medeia 1-35📜 Euripides, Medeia 465-490📜 Euripides, Trojan Women 1123-1128📜 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 31 Most📜 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 35 Most📜 Hesiod, Theogony 992-1002📜 Homer, Iliad 2.711-2.715📜 Homer, Odyssey 11.235-11.259📜 Lucian, Essays in Portraiture Defended 2📜 Lucian, The Dance 51-53📜 Ovid, Ibis 441-442📜 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 40📜 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 43📜 Pausanias 10.30.6-10.30.9📜 Pausanias 3.18.16📜 Pausanias 4.2.4-4.2.5📜 Pausanias 5.8.2📜 Pausanias 8.11.1-8.11.3📜 Pindar, Nemean 4 44-72📜 Pindar, Pythian 4 101-123📜 Pindar, Pythian 4 124-168📜 Pindar, Pythian 4 247-262📜 Pindar, Pythian 4 70-92📜 Strabo 1.2.38-1.2.40📜 Strabo 9.5.15
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, LibraryD-Scholia, IliadEuripides, AlcestisEuripides, MedeiaEuripides, Trojan WomenHesiod, EhoiaiHesiod, TheogonyHomer, IliadHomer, OdysseyLucian, Essays in Portraiture DefendedLucian, The DanceOvid, IbisPalaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesPausaniasPindar, Nemean 4Pindar, Pythian 4Strabo