Pelias
mythological figure · 3 works · 3 mentions · 4 anchored passages
overbearing Pelias · the author of these my troubles
in the texts
Medea
King of Iolcos, sent to his death by his own daughters through Medea's trickery, done for Jason's benefit before the play's action.
for then would my own mistress Medea never have sailed to the turrets of Iolcos, her soul with love for Jason smitten, nor would she have beguiled the daughters of Pelias to slay their father and come to live here in the land of Corinth with her husband and children, where her exile found favour with the citizens to whose land she had come, and in all things of her own accord was she at one with J …
Next I caused the death of Pelias by a doom most grievous, even by his own children’s hand, beguiling them of all their fear.
Theogony
A great king who imposes grievous labors on Jason, described as outrageous and violent.
And the son of Aeson by the will of the gods led away from Aeetes the daughter of Aeetes the heaven-nurtured king, when he had finished the many grievous labours which the great king, overbearing Pelias, that outrageous and presumptuous doer of violence, put upon him.