A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(Πηλείδης, Πηλείων), a patronymic from Peleus, by which his son Achilles is frequently designated. (Hom. Il. 1.146, 188, 197, 277; Ov. Met. 12.605.)

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