Pelias

The son of Poseidon (lord of the Sea) and Tyro; he was the brother of Neleus and the step-brother of Aeson.

Pelias assumed the throne of Iolkos (Iolcos) and arranged for Aeson’s son, Iason (Jason) to go on the seemingly suicidal mission of retrieving the Golden Fleece; when Iason returned with the Fleece, Pelias convinced Aeson to kill himself; as a suitable revenge, Iason’s sorceress wife, Medea, used her powers to convince Pelias’ daughters that if they chopped their father into pieces and boiled him in a special potion he would regain his youth; Pelias did not survive the ordeal and died at the hands of his own children; Pelias’ son, Akastos (Acastus), assumed the throne after his father’s death and forced Iason and Medea to leave Iolkos.

• Argonautika, book 1, lines 3, 5, 12, 224, 242, 279, 323, 362, 902, 981 and 1304; book 2, lines 624 and 763; book 3, lines 64, 75 and 1136; book 4, line 243