peleus and thetis child Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/peleus-and-thetis-child Sat, 21 Oct 2017 19:10:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 The Wedding of Peleus & Thetis http://toursmaps.com/the-wedding-of-peleus-thetis.html http://toursmaps.com/the-wedding-of-peleus-thetis.html#respond Sat, 23 Dec 2017 21:52:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=245669 Peleus, a prince from Phthia, further south on the Gulf of Pagasae, was another of the Argonauts. Acastus’ wife, Cretheis, fell in love with him and, when he rebuffed her, accused him of rape. Rather than executing him, Acastus took Peleus hunting on Mount Pelion, hoping to find an excuse to kill him In fierce competition, the two bagged a prodigious haul, but at sunset, to provoke a fight, Acastus claimed all Peleus’ trophies as his own. Peleus protested. He had cut out all his victims’ tongues and now exhibited them as evidence. Afer an uneasy banquet, Peleus fell asleep.

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