Pēleus, ĕi and ĕos (gen. Peleos, Val. Fl. 1, 131; acc. Pelea, Hor. C. 3, 7, 17; voc. Peleu, Cat. 64, 26; Hor. A. P. 104; abl. Peleo, Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 57), m.,
I = Πηλεύς, a king of Thessaly , son of Aeacus , brother of Telamon , half-brother of Phocus , husband of Thetis , father of Achilles , and a sharer in the expedition of the Argonauts , Hyg. Fab. 14; Ov. M. 11, 221; 12, 365 sqq.; Cat. 64, 19; Hor. A. P. 96; Val. Fl. 1, 131.— Hence,
A Pēlēïus , a, um, adj., Peleian , poet. for Achillean : facta, Sil. 13, 803: virgo, of Achilles ( Briseis ), Stat. Ach. 2, 210. —
B Pēlīdes , ae, m.
1 The son of Peleus , i. e. Achilles , Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 5; Ov. H. 8, 83: Pelidae currus, Verg. A. 12, 350; 2, 548; 5, 808; Hor. C. 1, 6, 6: lites Inter Peliden et inter Atriden, id. Ep. 1, 2, 12; Ov. M. 12, 605; Juv. 3, 280.—
2 Also, the son of Achilles : Neoptolemus, Verg. A. 2, 263.