Pelias

Half-Olympian son of Poseidon by Tyro; usurper-king of Iolcus. Sent his nephew Jason on the Argonautic expedition for the Golden Fleece in hope that Jason would die. Killed when Medea tricked his daughters into dismembering and boiling him on the false promise of rejuvenation.

Parentage

• paternal: Poseidon
• maternal: Tyro

Children

• Acastus
• Alcestis

Domains

• kingship of Iolcus usurpation
• kingship

Powers

• Dispatch a rival on the deadly Argonautic quest

Epithets

• Πελίης greek · Pelíēsusurper-king of Iolcus; the funeral-games (Athla epi Peliai) were celebrated in his honourPausanias 5.17.9-11 (primary)
• Πελίης ὑπερήνωρ grc · Pelies hyperenor · epicoverweening, arrogant PeliasHomer, Odyssey 11.256 (the lordly Pelias rich in flocks) (primary)

Relations

• spouse: Anaxibia daughter of Bias
• sibling: NeleusHom. Od. 11.235-259 (primary)
• father of: AcastusApollod. 1.9.10 (primary)
• father of: AlcestisApollod. 1.9.10 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Homer Odyssey 11.235-259; Hesiod fr. 37-38; Apollonius Rhodius Argonautica 1.5-22; Apollodorus 1.9.8-27; Pindar Pythian 4 (primary)