Pelias (Greek: Πελίας) was the King of Iolcus, son of Poseidon, and uncle of Jason who sent him to fetch the Golden Fleece.
Greek Mythology[]
Pelias was king of Iolcus in Greek mythology. The son of Tyro and the god Poseidon, he was the one who sent Jason on the quest for the Golden Fleece.
Many years later, Pelias offered a sacrifice by the sea in honor of Poseidon. Jason, who was summoned with many others to take part in the sacrifice, lost one of his sandals in the flooded river Anaurus while rushing to Iolcus. In Virgil's Aeneid and Hyginus' Fabulae (13), Hera/Juno disguised herself as an old woman, whom Jason helped across the river when he lost his sandal.
When Jason and Medea returned, Pelias still refused to give up his throne. Medea conspired to have Pelias' own daughters (the Peliades) kill him. She told them she could turn an old ram into a young ram by cutting up the old ram and boiling it. During the demonstration, a live, young ram jumped out of the pot. Excited, the girls cut their father into pieces and threw them into a pot, in the expectation that he would emerge rejuvenated. Pelias, of course, did not survive.
In the God of War Series[]
God of War II []
Jason mentions King Pelias. Jason tells Kratos, Medea convinced his nieces to murder his uncle Pelias and eat him as he was going to betray him due to a false prophecy.[1]
Trivia []
- In the novelization of GoW II, Jason mentions Aeëtes, Pelias and Medea.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 God of War II (Novel), Chapter 31
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