Pelias
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Her husband’s enemy, the elderly and bedridden King Pelias, is next.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 12, 2011
Hoping to dodge his doom, Pelias immediately sets the young man a task that should bring about certain death: Fetch me the Golden Fleece.
From Washington Post
Pelias promised his daughter to the man who could yoke a wild boar and a lion to his chariot and drive them around a race course.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pelias’ half-brother, the son of Tyro and Cretheus, was the father of Jason, whom Pelias tried to kill by sending him after the Golden Fleece.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
The usurper Pelias had been told by an oracle that he would die at the hands of kinsmen, and that he should beware of anyone whom he saw shod with only a single sandal.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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