Wedding of Peleus and Thetis
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the marriage of Peleus and Thetis · the wedding of Peleus · Peleus's marriage feast
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Iphigenia in Aulis
The divinely sanctioned marriage of Peleus and the sea-goddess Thetis, celebrated by the gods at Pelion, which produced Achilles.
Agamemnon:
Clytemnestra:
Zeus betrothed her, and her guardian gave consent.
Nemean
The divinely-arranged marriage of Peleus and the Nereid Thetis, celebrated by the Muses on Mt. Pelion and productive of Achilles.
And the Muses began with a prelude to Zeus, then sang first of divine Thetis and of Peleus;
Zeus the king of the immortals, and he promised that soon he would make one of the Nereids of the golden distaff the sea-dwelling wife of Peleus, after gaining the consent of their brother-in-law Poseidon, who often comes from Aegae to the famous Dorian Isthmus.
And Peleus, having thwarted all-powerful fire, and the sharp claws of bold-plotting lions, and the edge of their terrible teeth, married one of the Nereids throned on high, and saw the fine circle of seats in which the lords of sky and sea were sitting, as they gave him gifts and revealed the future strength of his race.
Chrestomathy
The wedding feast at which Strife provokes the quarrel among the goddesses.
Strife arrives while the gods are feasting at the wedding of Peleus and stirs up a quarrel about beauty among Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite;