. heaccused him to her husband of havingat-tempted her virtue. Acastus, unwilling tostain his hand with the blood of the man whomhe had hospitably received, and whom he hadpurified from his guilt, took him to Mt. Pelion,where they hunted wild beasts; and whenPeleus, overcome with fatigue, had fallenasleep, Acastus left him alone, and concealedhis sword, that he might be destroyed by thewild beasts. When Peleus awoke and soughthis sword, he was attacked by the Centaurs,but was saved by Chiron, who also restored tohim his sword. (Hes.
. heaccused him to her husband of havingat-tempted her virtue. Acastus, unwilling tostain his hand with the blood of the man whomhe had hospitably received, and whom he hadpurified from his guilt, took him to Mt. Pelion,where they hunted wild beasts; and whenPeleus, overcome with fatigue, had fallenasleep, Acastus left him alone, and concealedhis sword, that he might be destroyed by thewild beasts. When Peleus awoke and soughthis sword, he was attacked by the Centaurs,but was saved by Chiron, who also restored tohim his sword. (Hes. Fragm. 31; Pind. 55, v. 25 ; Apollod. iii. 13, 3.) In some ac-counts the temptress, instead of Astydamia, isHippolyte, daughter of Cretheus (Pind. ;Hor. Od. iii. 7, 18). While on Mt. Pelion,Peleus married the Nereid Thetis, by whom hebecame the father of Achilles. He won herwith the aid of Chiron after she had tried toescape by changing into various shapes. Thegods took part in the marriage solemnity;Chiron presented Peleus with a lance, Poseidon. Peleus and Thetis. (From a painted vase.) with the immortal horses Balius and Xanthus,and the other gods with arms (II. xvi. 143,xviii. 84 ; Apollod. iii. 13, 5). Eris or Strifewas the only goddess who was not invited tothe nuptials, and she revenged herself bythrowing an apple among the guests, with theinscription To the fairest. [Pabis.] Homermentions Achilles as the only son of Peleusand Thetis, but later writers state that she hadalready destroyed by fire six children of whomshe was the mother by Peleus, and that as sheattempted to make away with Achilles, herseventh child, she was prevented by Peleus(Ap. Rh. iv. 816; Lycophr. 178). After thisPeleus, who is also mentioned among theArgonauts, in conjunction with Jason and theDioscuri, besieged Acastus and Iolcus, slewAstydamia, and over the scattered limbs of herbody led his warriors into the city (Ap. Eh. i. PELIADES PELLENE 667 91; Apollod. iii. 13, 7). The flocks of
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