Peleus : was son of Aeacus the king of Myrmidons (q.v.).
... hope and death in the ruthless clasp of the mellay Leaving again the Trojan ramparts unmounted, leaving Greece unavenged, the Aegean a lake and Europe a province. Choosing from Hellas exile, from Peleus and Deidamia, Choosing the field for my chamber of sleep and the battle for hearthside Page 350 I shall go warring on till Asia enslaved to my footsteps Feels the tread of the God in... who desert us. Not for ourselves alone have we fought, for our life of a moment! Once if the Greeks were triumphant, once if their nations were marshalled Under some far-seeing chief, Odysseus, Peleus, Achilles, Not on the banks of Scamander and skirts of the azure Aegean Fainting would cease the audacious emprise, the Titanic endeavour; Tigris would flee from their tread and Indus be drunk by... galloping wolves of the doom and the howl of their hunger. Page 365 Greece in her peril united her jarring clans; you suffered Patient, preparing the north, the wisdom and silence of Peleus, Atreus' craft and the Argives gathered to King Agamemnon. But there were prophecies, Pythian oracles, mutterings from Delphi. How shall they prosper who haste after auguries, oracles, whispers ...
... Antiphonus: Trojan, son of Priam. Argos: another name for mainland Greece. Automedon: Charioteer of Achilles; he drove the immortal horses Balius and Xanthus given Peleus by Poseidon. Barrow: a large sepulchral mound; a tumulus. Bird of omen: to discover the will of the gods, the Greeks consulted oracles who observed the flight of birds. ... messenger of Zeus who travels on a rainbow. Judgment of Paris: a tale of ancient Greece. According to it, all the gods and goddesses were invited to the wedding feast of the mortal Peleus (Achilles' father) and Thetis, a sea-goddess, except one immortal: Eris. The slighted goddess threw a golden apple inscribed with the words 'for the fairest' into the center of the guests and the daughters... Mestor: Trojan, son of Priam. Mt. Olympus: mountain in northeastern Thessaly, home of the Greek gods. Myrmidons: the people of Phthia, in southern Thessaly, ruled by King Peleus and commanded at Troy by his son Achilles Mysians: Trojan allies living east of Troy. Niobe: a Phyrigian woman whose six daughters and six sons were killed by Artemis and Apollo ...
... Indo-European occupants of Greece, prior to the Dorian invasion, were collectively known; perhaps originally a specific tribe. It is the common Homeric term for the Greeks. Achilles: son of Peleus (king of Phithia and a grandson of Zeus) and Thetis, a sea goddess. He was the mightiest Greek hero in the Trojan War. In his infancy, his mother dipped him into the Styx and so made him invulnerable... Paris: A son of Priam and Hecuba, was reputed to be the handsomest of mortal men. Hence, in the quarrel over the golden apple, inscribed "For the fairest", thrown down by Strife at the wedding of Peleus, he was asked to be the judge between Hera, Athene and Aphrodite, who all claimed it. Hera promised him greatness if he chose her, Athene offered victory, and Aphrodite the most beautiful woman... parents. He was allowed, despite further prophecies, to sail to Sparta where he carried Helen off and thus caused the Trojan War. He was the slayer of Achilles and was slain by Philoctetes. Peleus: Son of Aeacus, who was a son of Zeus, and king of Phthia. For his virtue he was given as wife the sea goddess Thetis, who bore him Achilles. Pelion: Mountain in Thessaly, northern Greece ...
... Achilles and Hector high in equal honor. But Hector is mortal. He sucked a woman's breast. Achilles sprang from a goddess — one I reared myself: I brought her up and gave her in marriage to a man, to Peleus, dearest to all your hearts, you gods. All you gods, you shared in the wedding rites, and so did you, Apollo. There you sat at the feast and struck your lyre. What company you keep now, these wretched... the wish of those you favor. So down you go. Down and conduct King Priam there through Achaea's beaked ships, so none will see him, none of the Argive fighters recognize him now, not till he reaches Peleus' royal son." So he decreed and Hermes, the giant-killing guide, obeyed at once. Under his feet he fastened the supple sandals, never dying gold, that wing him over the waves and boundless earth... spread the doors — three average men. Achilles alone could ram it home Page 35 himself. But the god of luck now spread the gates for the old man, drove in the glinting gifts for Peleus' swift son, climbed down from behind the team and said to Priam, "Old man, look, I am a god come down to you, I am immortal Hermes — my Father sent me here to be your escort. But now I will hasten ...
... strength in Aeneas and sent him to face The raging son of Peleus. Assuming the form And voice of Priam's son Lycaon, Apollo, Son of Zeus, spoke thus to the counselor of Trojans: "Aeneas, where now are the brags you made to the princes Of Troy when you, over wine, declared yourself ready To fight man to man with Peleus' son Achilles?" To which Aeneas: "Lycaon, why would you... Strode out through the front line of fighters, his bronze helmet flashing. Nor was the son of Anchises unnoticed by Hera As out he went through the moil* of men to face The son of Peleus. Calling her friends about her, The goddess spoke thus: "Poseidon, Athena, you two Consider what we should do now. Here comes Aeneas, Flaming in bronze, set on by Phoebus Apollo... defiantly Tossing his heavy-helmeted head, gripping His gallant shield close in front of his chest, and brandishing Fiercely his bronze-headed spear. Against him Achilles, Son of Peleus, came charging on like a lion, A ravenous beast that all the men of a village Have come out anxious to kill. At first he pays them No heed, but goes his way till one of the fast And ...
... expresses the universal human possibility of rising above the lower nature. According to Greek mythology, Achilles, the greatest warrior of Agamemnon's army at Troy, was the son of the mortal king Peleus and the immortal sea-nymph Thetis. In one tale of his childhood, it is related that his mother dipped him into the river Styx to thus immortalize him and to make him invulnerable in war. Apparently... under his chariot splashed with blood, Blood on the handrails sweeping round the car, Sprays of blood shooting up from the stallions' hoofs And churning, whirling rims — and the son of Peleus Charioteering on to seize his glory, bloody filth Spattering both strong arms, Achilles' invincible arms." Achilles is not only a fierce warrior; his nature has another aspect too —... of heroes and made of their bodies booty for vultures, Dogs and all birds; so the will of Zeus was wholly accomplished Even from the moment when they two parted in strife and anger, Peleus' glorious son and the monarch of men Agamemnon." {Translation of lines 1-7 by Sri Aurobindo} To understand the nature of Achilles' pride and anger, it is useful to look a little more ...
... work, The Human Cycle. Ill The story of Iliad, which is centered on the siege of Troy, had its beginning, according to the Greek mythology, at a feast of the wedding of Peleus and Thetis. Peleus was the king of Phithia and Thetis was the goddess of the sea. All the gods came to the wedding to present their gifts and take part in the banquet, but Eris, goddess of discord, had been... born to Thetis, who wanted to make her son immortal; she dipped the child in the waters of the sacred river of Styx, but since she held him by the heel, he remained vulnerable at that point. Later on, Peleus took his son Achilles to Chiron, the Centaur who taught him the arts of war and other arts like music and painting. Achilles was destined to be the greatest of the heroes of the Trojan War. IV ...
... moulding life and history, has not yet been sufficiently observed; yet it was after all Achilles, the swift-footed son of Peleus, who thundered through Asia at the head of his legions, dragged Batis at his chariot-wheels and hurled the Iranian to his fall,—Achilles, the son of Peleus, who never lived except as an image,—nay, does not omniscient learning tell us, that even his creator never lived, or was ...
... met. Only her death, it was said could ensure a safe crossing. For nine years victory had wavered, now to this side now to that. Then a quarrel flared between Agamemnon and Achilles, son of Peleus and the sea-goddess Thetis, and for a time it turned the tide in favor of the Trojans. Again, the reason was a woman. Agamemnon had received Chryseis, daughter of Apollo’s priest, as a price ...
... Achilles: Now when the issue of Kronos beheld that sorrow his head shook Pitying them for their grief, these words then he spoke in his bosom: "Why, ye hapless gave we to Peleus, you to a mortal Master; ye that are ageless both ye, both of you deathless! Was it that ye among men most wretched should come to have heart-grief? 'Tis most true, than the ...
... Valmiki because he is fuller of images? 18 February 1936 Poetry does not consist only in images or fine phrases. When Homer writes simply "Sing, Goddess, the baleful wrath of Achilles, son of Peleus, which laid a thousand woes on the Achaeans and hurled many strong souls of heroes down to Hades and made their bodies a prey for dogs and all the birds; and the will of Zeus was accomplished", he ...
... incarnate, mortal image of Ares! Terror and tawny delight like a lion one hums or is hunted! Dread of the world and my target, swift-footed glorious hero! Thus have I imaged thee, son of Peleus, dreaming in countries Page 49 Far from thy knowledge, in mountains that never have rung to thy war-cry. O , I have longed for thee, warrior! Therefore today by thy message ...
... limits of the known world. (...) He was firmly persuaded that he was under the special protection of the gods, and therefore _______________ 1 Achilles in Greek mythology, son of the mortal Peleus, king of the Myrmidons, and the Nereid, or sea nymph, Thetis. He was the bravest handsomest, and greatest warrior of the army of Agamemnon in the Trojan War. During the first nine years of the war ...
... mean to say that the rest of the poem is prose or mere verse? Poetry does not consist only in images or fine phrases. When Homer writes simply "Sing, Goddess, the baleful wrath of Achilles, son of Peleus, which laid a thousand woes on the Achaeans and hurled many strong souls of heroes down to Hades and made their bodies a prey for dogs and all the birds; and the will of Zeus was accomplished", he ...
... line of Homer's Iliad: Mênin a/iede, the/a, Pê/lê/iadêo Achi/lêos Many of you are no doubt acquainted with its rendering in English: Sing heavenly Muse, the wrath of Achilles, Peleus' son. Perhaps in this connection I may briefly allude to the difference between the rhythmic movements of Greek and Latin verse. The Latin construction is firm, packed and solid; energy is its ...
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