aeson pronunciation Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/aeson-pronunciation Sat, 21 Oct 2017 19:10:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 Aeson, Pelias & the One-Sandalled Man http://toursmaps.com/aeson-pelias-the-one-sandalled-man.html http://toursmaps.com/aeson-pelias-the-one-sandalled-man.html#respond Sun, 07 Jan 2018 20:52:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=245595 As the son of its founder Cretheus, Aeson was Iolcus’ rightful king. However, Pelias, Aeson’s stepbrother by their mother, Tyro, enjoyed an even higher pedigree. As a young girl Tyro had left Thessaly when her father, Salmoneus, went south to rule Elis. But Salmoneus was overbearing, and thought himself Zeus’ equal. Hurling burning firebrands as if they were lightning bolts, he drove the streets in a chariot equipped with bronze drums, which boomed like thunder. So Zeus hurled a lightning bolt of his own and put an end to Salmoneus. Abused by her stepmother, Tyro moped by the river’s edge,

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