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This article is about King Peleus of Phthia. For Pelias, uncle of Jason and King of Iolcus, see Pelias

170px-NAMA Pélée, Achille & Chiron

Peleus leaves Achilles in the care of Chiron the centaur

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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Aeacidae Genealogy in Greek mythology
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Zeús
 
Aegina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aeacus
 
Endeis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Peleus
 
Thetis
 
Telamon
 
Periboea
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Deidamia
 
Achilles
 
 
 
 
 
Ajax
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Neoptolemus
 
Liriope
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Molossus
Preceded by:
Eurytion
King of Phthia
Mythic
Succeeded by
Neoptolemus


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