Mount Pelion

Mount Pelion

More information on Mount Pelion is available at the Pleiades project.

mountain

Events
  1. Chiron attacked by Lapiths
  2. Eris throws a golden apple as a prize for the most beautiful of the gods
  3. Acastus takes Peleus to hunt on Mount Pelion
  4. Acastus abandons a sleeping Peleus and hides his sword
  5. Peleus is attacked by Centaurs
  6. Chiron saves Peleus from the Centaurs
  7. Peleus marries Thetis
  8. Chiron gives Peleus an ash spear
  9. Poseidon gives Peleus immortal horses, Balius and Xanthus
  10. Achilles is born
  11. Thetis hides the baby Achilles from Peleus
  12. Peleus discovers Thetis putting baby Achilles in a fire
  13. Thetis leaves Peleus and goes to live with the Nereids
  14. Peleus gives Achilles over to Chiron’s care
  15. Polypoetes is born
  16. Prothous and the Magnesians send ships to Troy
  17. Chiron cuts an ashen spear atop a mountain and gives it to Peleus
People
  1. Acastus
  2. Achilles
  3. Chiron
  4. Eris
  5. Hippodamia
  6. Peleus
  7. Perithous
  8. Polypoetes
  9. Poseidon
  10. Prothous
  11. Prothous
  12. Thetis
Groups
  1. Centaurs
  2. Gods
  3. Lapiths
  4. Magnesians vs Troy
  5. Nereids
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.4
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.4
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 13.3
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 13.5
  5. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 740
  6. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 755
  7. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 16, Section 141
  8. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 387
  9. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 19.2
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