Peleus
Americannoun
noun
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At the funeral games held in his honor Atalanta appeared among the contestants, and in the wrestling match conquered the young man who was to be the father of Achilles, the great hero Peleus.
From Literature
It narrates the Trojan backstories – including the marriage of Peleus and Thetis, parents of Achilles, and The Judgement of Paris.
From The Guardian
It hadn’t occurred to me that Peleus might attack.
From Literature
Over at the pine tree, Peleus the dragon dozed under the Golden Fleece as if nothing had happened.
From Literature
The 1612 “Wedding of Peleus and Thetis,” a popular mythological subject that invited artists to indulge excess, also is richly stocked with bodies, and narrative paraphernalia.
From Washington Post
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