Peleus
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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It narrates the Trojan backstories – including the marriage of Peleus and Thetis, parents of Achilles, and The Judgement of Paris.
From The Guardian • Nov. 13, 2019
The admired object was the Portland Vase, a ten-inch-high urn of deep blue glass, decorated with white cameo figures of Peleus and Thetis.
From Time Magazine Archive
First lines: Sing, O Goddess, the wrath of Achilles, scion of Peleus, Ruinous wrath, that afflicted with numberless woes the Achaeans.
From Time Magazine Archive
The little French train rushed through the pines toward Valloire, modest neighbor of Cannes, bearing Peleus Chalfont, young U. S. expatriate in search of health.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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