person
Peleus
Father of Achilles, nearly destroyed for spurning Hippolyte of Magnesia.
Reading notes
- The Art of Poetry §86-98 Peleus
Father of Achilles, driven into poverty and exile; like Telephus, a hero who must speak plainly in his distress.
- The Odes §3.7 Peleus
Nearly sent to Tartarus for fleeing Hippolyte — another tale of dangerous chastity.