Other uses SS Peleus Image NAMA P l e, Achille & Chiron.jpg thumb upright Peleus consigns Achilles to Chiron ... in the late 8th century BC. ref Peleus is mentioned in Homer s Odyssey during the conversation between Odysseus and the dead Achilles . ref Peleus was the son of Aeacus , king of the island of Aegina ... claimed descent from Peleus in the historic period. ref Pausanias geographer Pausanias , 2.29.4. ref Life myth Peleus and his brother Telamon killed their half brother Phocus , perhaps in a hunting accident ... and fled Aegina to escape punishment. In Phthia , Peleus was purified by Eurytion and married Antigone ... received the barest mention among the Argonautica Argonauts , where Peleus and Telamon were also ... ref Apollonius of Rhodes , Argonautica I.90 93, in Peter Green s translation 2007 45 . ref but Peleus accidentally killed Eurytion during the hunt for the Calydonian Boar and fled from Phthia. Peleus ... with Peleus but he scorned her. Bitter, she sent a messenger to Antigone to tell her that Peleus was to marry Acastus daughter. As a result, Antigone hanged herself. Astydameia then told Acastus that Peleus had tried to rape her. Acastus took Peleus on a hunting trip and hid his sword then abandoned ... source, Hermes , returned Peleus sword with magical powers and Peleus managed to escape. ref Aristophanes ..., Thessalus . Marriage to Thetis Image Dish Thetis Peleus Louvre CA2569.jpg thumb 280px right Peleus ... black figure dish, ca. 500 BC 475 BC After Antigone s death, Peleus married the sea nymph Thetis . He was able to win her with the aid of Proteus , who told Peleus how to overcome Thetis ability to change ... gods . As a wedding present, Poseidon gave Peleus two immortal horses Balius and Xanthus ... of Paris and eventually to the Trojan War . The marriage of Peleus and Thetis produced a son, Achilles . Peleus son Achilles Thetis attempted to render her son Achilles invulnerable. In a familiar ... him on top of a fire to burn away the mortal parts of his body. She was interrupted by Peleus and she ... more details
Infobox planet minorplanet yes width 25em bgcolour FFFFC0 apsis name Peleus symbol image caption discovery yes discovery ref discoverer C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker discovery site Palomar Observatory Palomar discovered December 10, 1993 designations yes mp name 11311 alt names 1993 XN2 named after Peleus mp category orbit ref epoch May 14, 2008 aphelion 3.251545810797948 AU perihelion 0.9827805455427309 AU semimajor eccentricity 0.5358031182121475 period 1125.200522164796 d avg speed inclination 25.4304953830946 asc node 59.56503571301101 mean anomaly 267.2353707317419 arg peri 313.083680699968 satellites physical characteristics yes dimensions mass density surface grav escape velocity sidereal day axial tilt pole ecliptic lat pole ecliptic lon albedo temperatures temp name1 mean temp 1 max temp 1 temp name2 max temp 2 spectral type abs magnitude 16.5 11311 Peleus 1993 XN2 is an Apollo asteroid discovered on December 10, 1993 by C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory Palomar . External links JPL small body Reflist Minor planets navigator 11310 1993 SB15 11312 1994 AR2 MinorPlanets Footer DEFAULTSORT Peleus Category Apollo asteroids Category Asteroids named from Greek mythology Category Discoveries by Eugene Merle Shoemaker Category Discoveries by Carolyn S. Shoemaker Category Astronomical objects discovered in 1993 NE asteroid stub de 11311 Peleus fa fr 11311 P l e it 11311 Peleus hu 11311 Peleus pl 11311 Peleus vi 11311 Peleus ... more details
Mount Peleus coor dm 77 29 S 162 5 E is a small summit topography peak , 1,790 m, about 3 nautical miles 6 km west of Mount Theseus in the Olympus Range of Victoria Land . Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition VUWAE 1958 59 for a figure in Greek mythology. usgs gazetteer DEFAULTSORT Peleus, Mount Category Mountains of Victoria Land Category McMurdo Dry Valleys McMurdoDryValleys geo stub ... more details
captain Heinz Wilhelm Eck decided to attack the Peleus tracking her until nightfall, U 852 closed with her target on the surface and fired two torpedoes at close range. Peleus was hit, the first exploding ... Gwyn Griffin s best selling 1967 novel An Operational Necessity was based on the Peleus Incident ... index.html?article 18&page 2 The Peleus affair at u boat net References http uboat.net allies merchants 3218.html SS Peleus at Uboat.net Clay Blair Hitler s U Boat War Vol II 1998 ISBN 0 304 35261 7 references coord missing Atlantic Ocean DEFAULTSORT Peleus Category Ships built in England Category ... Ocean hu Peleus incidens ... more details
unreferenced date February 2012 For other uses of Antigone, see Antigone disambiguation In Greek mythology , Antigone was the daughter of Eurytion and wife of Peleus . Peleus and Telamon , his brother, killed their half brother Phocus and fled Aegina to escape punishment. In Phthia , Peleus was purified by Eurytion and married Antigone, Eurytion s daughter. Peleus accidentally killed Eurytion during the hunt for the Calydonian Boar and fled Phthia. Peleus was purifed of the murder of Eurytion in Iolcus by Acastus . Also in Iolcus, Peleus lost a wrestling match in the funeral games of Pelias , Acastus father, to Atalanta . Astydameia , Acastus wife, fell in love with Peleus but he scorned her. Bitter, she sent a messenger to Antigone to falsely tell her that Peleus was to marry Acastus daughter Antigone hanged herself. Apollodorus, iii. 13 . Astydameia then told Acastus that Peleus had tried to rape her. Acastus took Peleus on a hunting trip and hid his sword, then abandoned him right before a group of centaurs attacked. Chiron , the wise centaur, returned Peleus sword and Peleus managed to escape. He pillaged Iolcus and dismembered Astydameia, then marched his army between the pieces. 1911 Category Greek mythology Category Women in Greek mythology ca Ant gona filla d Eurici de Antigone von Phthia es Ant gona Otros personajes del mismo nombre fr Antigone Phthie nl Antigone dochter van Eurytion no Antigone Eurytions datter ru zh ... more details
Peleides may refer to Peleides , Achilles son of Peleus in Greek mythology Morpho peleides Peleides Blue Morpho, an iridescent tropical butterfly disambig ... more details
Image Hans Rottenhammer 001.jpg thumb Marriage of Peleus and Thetis. Aeacidae Ancient Greek Greek lang grc refers to the descendants of Aeacus , most notably Peleus , son of Aeacus, and Achilles , grandson of Aeacus. Neoptolemus was the son of Achilles and the princess Deidamea. The kings of Epirus and Olympias , mother to Alexander the Great , claimed to be members of this lineage. Aeacus of Greek mythology was the king of the island of Aegina , which is in the Saronic Gulf . From this mythology, Aeacus is the son of Zeus and Aegina, a daughter of Asopus and Metope mythology Metope . Aeacus first wife was Endeis , a woman of unknown parental lineage. They had two sons Peleus father of Achilles and Telamon father of Ajax mythology Ajax . Aeacus second wife was the Nereid , Psamathe . They had a son called Phocus . References SmithDGRBM External links http homepage.mac.com cparada GML Aeacus.html Greek Mythology Link Aeacus Category Ancient Greek families Category Epirotic mythology bg de Aiakides ... more details
The Aeacids in ancient Greece were the myth ical descendants of Aeacus , son of Zeus and the nymph Aegina mythology Aegina . The son of Aeacus was Peleus , the son of Peleus was Achilles , the son of Achilles was Neoptolemus and finally the son of Neoptolemus was Molossus , mythical ancestor of the Molossians . Famous people who claimed Aeacid descent, through their mythical ancestor Achilles, were Pyrrhus of Epirus , Olympias and Alexander the Great on his mother s side. ref Chamoux, Fran ois and Roussel, Michel. Hellenistic Civilization . Blackwell Publishing, 2003, p. 396, ISBN 0 631 22242 1. AEACIDS Descendants of Aeacus, son of Zeus and the nymph Aegina, eponymous see the term to the island of that name. His son was Peleus, father of Achilles, whose descendants real or supposed called themselves Aeacids thus Pyrrhus and Alexander the Great. ref See also List of kings of Epirus References reflist Category Ancient Greek rulers Category Ancient Epirus Category Greek mythology Ancient Greece stub ... more details
ref name OCD ref name DGRBM fell in love with Peleus but he scorned her. Bitter, she sent a messenger to Antigone daughter of Eurytion Antigone , Peleus s wife and daughter of Eurytion, to tell her that Peleus was to marry Acastus s daughter, Steropes . Astydamia then told Acastus that Peleus had tried to rape her. ref Apollod. iii. 13. 2, &c. Pind. Nem. iv. 90, &c. ref Acastus took Peleus ... by centaur s. The wise centaur Chiron or the god Hermes ref name DGRBM returned Peleus sword and Peleus managed to escape. With Jason and the Dioscuri , Peleus sacked Iolcus, dismembered Astydameia ... more details
Les Aventures de P l e The Adventures of Peleus a.k.a. Les Noces de Th tis et P l e is a ballet in three acts and five scenes, with choreography by Marius Petipa and music by Ludwig Minkus , with additional music adapted from the airs of works by L o Delibes . Libretto by Marius Petipa, derived from the Greek Myth concerning the Goddess Thetis and the circumstances surrounding her marriage, arranged by Jupiter mythology Jupiter or Zeus , to the mortal Peleus . First presented by the Mariinsky Ballet Imperial Ballet on OldStyleDate January 30 1876 January 18 at the Imperial Bolshoi Kammeny Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia . Principal Dancers Eugeniia Sokolova as the Goddess Thetis , Pavel Gerdt as Peleus , Lyubov Savitskaya as Cupid , Mariia Gorshenkova as Venus , Christian Johansson as Jupiter , and Lev Ivanov as Adonis . Revivals Restagings The ballet was revived by Marius Petipa as Les Noces de Th tis et P l e in 1 act 3 scenes by Petipa for the Imperial Ballet, with Riccardo Drigo making additions and revising the Minkus Delibes score. It was first presented for the Imperial court at the Theatre of Peterhof Palace Peterhof , OldStyleDate 9 August 1897 28 July . Principal Dancers Mathilde Kschessinskaya as the Goddess Thetis , Pavel Gerdt as Peleus , Olga Preobrajenskaya as Cupid , Olga Leonova as Venus , Lyubov Roslavleva as Flora , Alexei Bulgakov as Jupiter , and Sergei Legat as Adonis Notes Petipa s 1897 revival was mounted for a gala performance at Peterhof Palace Peterhof in honor of a state visit from Kaiser Wilhelm II . Ballets of Marius Petipa DEFAULTSORT Adventures of Peleus Ballet Category Ballets by Marius Petipa Category Russian ballet Category Ballets by Ludwig Minkus Category Ballets to the music of L o Delibes Category 1876 ballet premieres ... more details
In Greek mythology , Astydameia or Astydamea , Astydamia is a name attributed to five individuals. Queen of Iolcus Astydameia, daughter of Cretheus also known as Hippolyte , ref Pindar , Nemean Ode 4. 54 88 with scholia ref ref Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius , Argonautica , 1. 224 ref ref Scholia on Aristophanes , Clouds , 1063 ref was the Queen of Iolcus and wife of Acastus . Her husband purified Peleus of the murder of King Eurytion of Phthia . Astydameia fell in love with Peleus but he scorned her. Bitter, she sent a messenger to Antigone daughter of Eurytion Antigone , Peleus wife, to tell her that Peleus was to marry Acastus daughter, Sterope Antigone hanged herself. Astydameia then told Acastus that Peleus had tried to rape her. Acastus believed the false accusations and tried to take revenge n Peleus by taking him on a hunting trip and leaving him protectless as a group of Centaurs attacked. Peleus escaped death with the help of Chiron and Hermes he pillaged Iolcus and dismembered Astydameia, then marched his army between the rended limbs. ref Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca 3. 13. 1 3, 7 ref For the mytheme of a woman taking revenge on the man who does not answer her feelings by falsely accusing him of sexual abuse, see also Phaedra mythology Phaedra , Stheneboea , Tenes , Phoenix son of Amyntor Phoenix and Eunostus hero Eunostus . Consort of Heracles Astydameia was the mother of Ctesippus by Heracles . In one source, she is the daughter of Amyntor and Cleobule . ref Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca 2. 7. 8 ref Another account makes her the daughter of Ormenius, king of Pelasgiotis . Heracles, the same source relates, wooed her, but Ormenius would not marry her to him since Heracles was already married to Deianira . Heracles then led a war against Ormenius, killed him and took Astydameia by force. ref Diodorus Siculus , Library of History , 4. 37. 4 ref Astydameia or Astygeneia is also an alternate name for Astyoche , daughter of Phylas , ... more details
Image Discus Thrower Copenhagen.jpg thumb right 200px Statue of discus thrower. In Greek mythology , Ende s was the wife of Aeacus and mother of Telamon and Peleus . The name is a dialect variant of Engaios , in the earth . ref Burnett 18, n. 29. ref Ende s was either the daughter of Chiron and the nymph Chariclo the daughter of Pandion of Athens or the daughter of the Megarian warlord Sciron . ref Tripp, Edward. The Meridian Handbook of Classical Mythology. Meridian, 1970, p. 222. ref In some versions, Ende s s father, Sciron, married her to Aeacus after he declared Sciron the military leader of Megara . ref Tripp, Edward. The Meridian Handbook of Classical Mythology. Meridian, 1970, p. 522. ref Ende s hated her stepson Phocus , Aeacus s son by the Nereid Psamathe , and wished he were dead. ref Pausanias, 1. 39. 6, 2. 29 .9 10. ref It is also thought that Telamon and Peleus were jealous of Phocus because he excelled at athletic sports. In either case they drew lots and Telamon was chosen to murder Phocus, his half brother. This was done in a ruse at the pentathlon which they convinced Phocus to participate in. In the sport, Telamon threw a discus under the pretense of participating in the competition. The projectile hit its target, accidentally killing Phocus. Both Telamon and Peleus hid the body of Phocus, but it was soon discovered. For this Aeacus exiled them both from Aegina. ref http homepage.mac.com cparada GML Peleus.html Greek Mythology Link Carlos Parada Peleus ref References reflist Sources M. Grant and J. Hazel. Who s Who in Classical Mythology . David McKay & Co. Inc, 1979. A.P. Burnett. Pindar s Songs for Young Athletes of Aigina . Oxford Oxford University Press, 2005. DEFAULTSORT Endeis Category Greek mythology Category Women in Greek mythology br Endeis bg ca Endeis el es Endeis fr End is it Endeide pt Endeis ru fi Endeis ... more details
Polydora may refer to In Greek mythology Polydora, Danaid, mother of King Dryops of Oeta by Spercheus Polydora, daughter of Peleus Polydora, possible wife of Protesilaus Polydora, one of the Oceanids Polydora, one of the Amazons Polydora genus Polydora genus , a genus of List of prehistoric annelids prehistoric annelids disambig de Polydora fr Polydora pt Polidora sr uk ... more details
In Greek Mythology , Antandre was an Amazons Amazonian warrior. She was one of Penthesilea s twelve companions at Troy. Her name means, She Who Precedes Men . She was killed in the Trojan War by Achilles, according to Quintus Smyrnaeus s Fall of Troy ref Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy , book I, 722 ref blockquote But Peleus son burst on the Amazons smiting Antandre... blockquote References reflist Category Greek mythology Category Greek mythological Amazons tr Antandre Greek myth stub ... more details
Three Ceyx sets sail from the port of Trachis. Phorbas tells Peleus that he has arranged the voyage so Peleus can be free to woo Alcyone for himself. But Peleus s conscience is troubled when he sees ... on a stormy sea. Act Five Alcyone is full of foreboding. Peleus confesses his love for her ... more details
Italic title Taxobox name Entheus priassus regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Skipper butterfly Hesperiidae genus Entheus species E. priassus binomial Entheus priassus binomial authority Carl Linnaeus Linnaeus , 10th edition of Systema Naturae 1758 synonyms Papilio priassus small Linnaeus, 1758 small Papilio talaus small Linnaeus, 1763 small Papilio peleus small Linnaeus, 1763 small Peleus aeacus small Swainson, 1831 small Phareas serenus small Pl tz, 1883 small Entheus cramerianus small Mabille, 1898 small Entheus priassus is a species of Skipper butterfly skipper butterfly from Central America Central and South America . It is a specialist herbivore on the leaves of Gustavia superba Lecythidaceae . ref cite journal author Caroline S. Awmack & Simon R. Leather year 2002 title Host plant quality and fecundity in herbivorous insects journal Annual Review of Entomology volume 47 pages 817 844 doi 10.1146 annurev.ento.47.091201.145300 pmid 11729092 url http www.cpes.peachnet.edu driley Public 20Info Thrips 20and 20TSWV Chat dissertation PhDbkgrpps pdf hostplqualherb.pdf format Portable Document Format PDF ref Subspecies Entheus priassus priassus Surinam, French Guiana Entheus priassus pralina small Evans, 1952 small Brazil Esp rito Santo References reflist Category Hesperiidae Category Butterflies and moths of South America Category Animals described in 1758 Hesperiidae stub ... more details
About the Crantor of Greek mythology other uses Crantor disambiguation In Greek mythology, Crantor , was a Lapith and the armour bearer for Peleus . He was killed by the centaur Demoleon in the Centauromachy battle between the Lapiths and the Centaurs that followed Pirithous wedding, the rape of Pirithous bride, Hippodamia, wife of Pirithous Hippodamia , and the execution of her rapist, the centaur Eurytus . Demoleon fatally wounded Crantor after he tore off Crantor s chest and left shoulder with a tree trunk that Demoleon had thrown at Theseus , who ducked out of the way. The minor planet 83982 Crantor bears his name. References Ovid, Metamorphoses XII, 361 377 http scully.cfa.harvard.edu cgi ShowCitation.COM?num 83982 Minor Planet Circular citation for 83982 Crantor DEFAULTSORT Crantor Mythology Category Greek mythology greek myth stub it Crantore mitologia ... more details
Epeigeus is a Greek hero in the Iliad . He was a Myrmidons Myrmidon and son of Agacles , who, having killed his father, was obliged to flee from Budeion . He took refuge in the house of Peleus who sent him with Achilles to Troy , where he was killed by Hector . ref Hom. Il. xvi. 570. cited by Schmitz ref A Trojan asteroid , 5259 Epeigeus , has been named after him. References SmithDGRBM author Leonhard Schmitz Footnotes reflist Category Characters in the Iliad Category People of the Trojan War Category Myrmidons ... more details
For other uses, see Lysimachus disambiguation Lysimachus of Acarnania was one of the tutors of Alexander the Great . Though a man of very slender accomplishments, he ingratiated himself with the royal family by calling himself Phoenix son of Amyntor Phoenix , and Alexander Achilles , and Philip Peleus and by this sort of flattery, according to Plutarch , he obtained the second place among the young prince s tutors. References SmithDGRBM Category Philosophers and tutors of Alexander the Great Category Ancient Acarnanians Category Ancient Greeks in Macedon ca Lis mac d Acarn nia de Lysimachos von Akarnanien fr Lysimaque d Acarnanie ... more details
Nottage Ridge coor dm 77 27 S 162 6 E is a ridge to the north of Mount Peleus that separates Baumann Valley and Sanford Valley in the east part of Olympus Range , Victoria Land . Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names US ACAN 1997 after George W. Billy Nottage, topographic engineer, a member of the 1971 72 United States Geological Survey USGS field party that established a network of horizontal and vertical control in support of compilation of topographic maps at the scale of 1 50,000 of areas of McMurdo Dry Valleys bounded by 160 and 164 E and 77 15 and 77 45 S. usgs gazetteer Category Ridges of Victoria Land Category McMurdo Dry Valleys McMurdoDryValleys geo stub ... more details
Orphan date November 2010 Jones Terrace coor dm 77 29 S 162 5 E is a prominent ice free terrace south of Mount Peleus , at the south end of the east segment of Olympus Range , Victoria Land . The terrace rises 800 m from the floor of central Wright Valley to a summit of over 1,000 m. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names US ACAN 1997 after Lois M. Jones , geologist, University of Georgia not completed usgs gazetteer Category Terraces of Antarctica Category Landforms of Victoria Land Category McMurdo Dry Valleys McMurdoDryValleys geo stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2012 Eos Glacier coord 77 28 S 162 11 E source GNIS is a south flowing glacier, convert 0.6 nmi km long, between Mount Peleus and Mount Theseus in the eastern part of the Olympus Range , in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica. In association with names from Greek mythology grouped in this area, it was named by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 1998 after Eos , the mythological goddess of the dawn. . ref name gnis References Reflist refs ref name gnis cite gnis type antarid id 17642 name Eos Glacier accessdate 2012 03 02 ref usgs gazetteer id 17642 Category Glaciers of Victoria Land Category Scott Coast ScottCoast geo stub ... more details
In Greek mythology , the name Borus may refer to Son of Perieres , who married Polydora, daughter of Peleus and Antigone daughter of Eurytion Antigone . ref Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca 3. 13. 1 ref A descendant of Nestor . More precisely, he was a son of Penthilus and grandson of Periclymenus . Melanthus, his grandson through Andropompus, was one of those who expelled Tisamenus from Lacedaemon and Argos . ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 2. 18. 8 ref References reflist Greek myth stub Category Greek mythology ... more details
DISPLAYTITLE 11310 1993 SB sub 15 sub 11310 1993 SB sub 15 sub is a asteroid belt main belt minor planet . It was discovered by Henry E. Holt at the Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, California San Diego County , California, on September 19, 1993. ref http ssd.jpl.nasa.gov sbdb.cgi?sstr 11310 JPL Small Body Database Browser ref See also List of minor planets 11001 12000 References reflist beltasteroid stub MinorPlanets Navigator 11309 Malus 11311 Peleus Small Solar System bodies DEFAULTSORT 1993 SB15 Category Astronomical objects discovered in 1993 Category Discoveries by Henry E. Holt Category Main Belt asteroids vi 11310 1993 SB15 ... more details
Cavalli operas Le nozze di Teti e di Peleo is an opera by Francesco Cavalli specifically, an opera scenica or festa teatrale . The work, set to a libretto by Orazio Persiani, was Cavalli s first opera, and was first performed at the Venice Venetian opera house Teatro San Cassiano on 24 January 1639. It is also the first Venetian opera for which a score survives to this day. The plot is based upon the mythological tale of the wedding of Peleus and Thetis . Cavalli s scenes of divine activity require elaborate theatrical staging, and his score calls for plentiful activity of both chorus who portray such different characters as gods, Tritons, Bacchantes, and demons and Ballet dancers . Roles class wikitable Role Voice type Premiere Cast, January, 1639 br Conductor Thetis soprano Jupiter mythology Jupiter bass vocal range bass Aeolus tenor Peleus tenor Pluto mythology Pluto bass Eris mythology Discordia contralto Hymen mythology Hymen soprano Momus tenor Mercury mythology Mercury tenor References Sources GroveOnline Le nozze di Teti e di Peleo Ellen Rosand 01 September 2007 DEFAULTSORT Nozze di Teti e di Peleo, Le Category Operas Category Operas by Francesco Cavalli Category Italian language operas Category Operas based on Greco Roman mythology Category 1639 operas italian opera stub ca Le nozze di Teti e di Peleo da Le nozze di Teti e di Peleo es Le nozze di Teti e di Peleo ... more details
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