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    The hero Peleus, a great adventurer and the king of Phthia, is the son of Aeacus and Endeis. Aeacus was the king of Aegina, and was the man for whom Zeus transformed ants ('myrmekes' in Greek) into men, creating the Myrmidons. Peleus is the brother of Telamon, who would go on to rule over the island of Salamis. However, their youth was marred by a terrible tale of treachery and murder. Aeacus became besotted with the nymph Psamathe, and pursued her despite her attempts to escape by transforming herself into a seal. Eventually Aeacus lay with her, and she gave birth to a bastard son named Phocus. Phocus became a great athlete, and so Peleus and Telamon (Aeacus' legitimate sons) decided to slay him out of jealousy. One day the two brothers persuaded Phocus to take part in a pentathlon with them. When they came to throw quoits, Peleus through his quoit at Phocus, hitting him on the head and killing him outright. Peleus and Telamon then dragged the body away, hiding it in a forest. Nonetheless, Phocus was soon missed and the murder was discovered. Aeacus banished Peleus and Telamon from Aegina for their act of fratricide.

    While Telamon fled to Salamis, Peleus travelled to Phthia in South-Eastern Thessaly where he took refuge at the court of King Eurytion, who quickly took a liking to him. Eurytion performed a purification ritual, purging Peleus of his guilt for the murder of his brother, and then gave the young man a third part of Phthia to rule as his own. Peleus also married Eurytion's daughter Antigone. As a young man in Phthia Peleus became quite an adventurer. His first expedition was with Jason and his fellow Argonauts to fetch the golden fleece from King Aeetes of Colchis. Jason was a prince of the city of Iolcus (which lies just next to Phthia on the Magnesian peninsula of Thessaly) and was sent out by his father Aeson, who hoped that his son would die on the quest, since he feared that Jason would overthrow him. Jason built the ship Argo with the help of Athena and put together a team of heroes to join him on his mission, one of whom was Peleus. The expedition was a success, and Peleus returned to Achaea with great fame.

    This success was quickly followed by another tragedy, however. After his return to Achaea, Peleus was invited to join a group of heroes who were planning to kill the Calydonian boar. After King Oeneus of Calydon forgot to sacrifice to Artemis, the angry goddess had sent an enormous, deadly boar to ravage his country. Now the heroes determined to kill it and save Calydon. Both Peleus and Eurytion went on this hunt, and as they were battling the boar Peleus accidentally struck down Eurytion with a javelin. In grief and shame Peleus left Phthia and came as a suppliant to King Acastus of Iolcus, who purified him again. While Peleus was in Iolcus Acastus was celebrating the funeral games of his father Pelias. During these games Peleus wrestled with the famous female hero Atalanta (who had also been on the Calydonian Hunt), and was defeated by her. Even so, this is not such a great source of shame for a man, since Atalanta was the one who had struck the deadly blow that had killed the Calydonian boar.



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    Once again, however, Peleus' stay was to prove unhappy for him. Acastus' wife Astydamia fell in love with him, and, when he refused to commit adultery with her, she sent a deceitful message to Peleus' wife Antigone saying that he intended to marry Acastus' daughter Sterope; Astydamia also accused him to Acastus of trying to seduce herself. Acastus was reluctant to kill Peleus, and instead took him to Mt Pelion in Thessaly (where centaurs lived), waited until he fell asleep and abandoned him there. The savage centaurs, who hate the race of men, would have killed Peleus, but the wise and merciful centaur Chiron prevented them.

    Now Peleus' fortune was finally to take a turn for the better. It is said that Zeus and Poseidon had once been rival suitors for the Nereid Thetis, but when the Fates prophesied that Thetis' son would be greater than his father, both prudently withdrew their suits. Instead, Zeus commanded that she marry a mortal, and this lot fell to Peleus. Thetis, an immortal goddess, was very reluctant to do so, and used her power to change her shape to escape from Peleus. Eventually the god Proteus (who also knew how to change shape) advised him just to persevere - he was to grab hold of Thetis and keep hold of her, no matter how often she changed her shape, and eventually she would relent. Peleus lay in ambush for Thetis on Sepia, the Southernmost promontory of Magnesia, and there he finally conquered her. Although this was a happy occasion for him, it would be the source of woe for the rest of mankind. The gods were invited as guests to the wedding party of Peleus and Thetis, and it was at this party that the goddess Eris (Strife) set the goddesses Hera, Athena and Aphrodite to arguing about which was the most beautiful; this would lead to the judgment of Paris, the abduction of Helen, and finally the Trojan War. All that was in the future, however.

    Thetis gave Peleus a strong son, Achilles (the son who was to be mightier than his father). Remembering Chiron, the wise centaur, he gave the boy to him for his education, since Achilles' wild spirit needed to be tamed in order for him to use his strength responsibly. Peleus himself then led an army (with Jason the Argonaut as his ally) against Iolcus, where he finally captured Queen Astydamia. As a punishment for her wrongdoing and injuries against him, Peleus severed her limb from limb and led his army through the middle of her remains as he entered the city. Thus Iolcus was added to his dominion. It is at this point in Peleus' life that the action of Aristeia begins.

    Peleus was too old to travel to the Trojan War by the time it eventually broke out, but his son Achilles went in his stead. While Achilles, Patroclus and Phoenix were fighting around Troy, Acastus took the opportunity to win back control of Iolcus and even succeeded in driving Peleus out of Phthia. Achilles' son Neoptolemus heard about Acastus' actions when he returned from the Trojan War (Achilles had died during the fighting), but he was not able to restore him to power as he had hoped because he was killed at Delphi by Agamemnon's son Orestes. Peleus was grief-stricken, having lost his royal power, his son and his grandson. Thetis, however, took pity on Peleus, and granted him immortality. Ever since then he has lived with her and her nymphs in the lands of the blessed.


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    Nice work

    It may be just my weird imagination, but he looks like Patrick Stewart

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    amazing work!

    looks like picard

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    A vague resemblance perhaps lol

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    lol that look's like Patrick Stewart, cool +rep
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    This is excellent work. Make it so!

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    he is Picard!

    good work!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Empedocles View Post
    he is Picard!

    good work!

    He'd rather be known for his shakespearean and now homeric work lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by Julius2 View Post
    Nice work

    It may be just my weird imagination, but he looks like Patrick Stewart
    Yes he does, hehe. I liked it. Nice model.

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    Will it be scripted that Achilles dies in the Trojan war?

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    No, of course not. The player gets to decide things like when and where Achilles fights (if he plays as Achilles), so why should we script his death?

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    Is he going to look like Brad?

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    Aww! Pity. But never mind, I'm sure he'll look epic anyway.

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    Great! I like it


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    A masterpiece - but isnt the head a little small compared to the massive arms.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zenith Darksea View Post
    No, of course not. The player gets to decide things like when and where Achilles fights (if he plays as Achilles), so why should we script his death?
    Excellent! I'm glad we're not going to see brad pitt too!

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    I keep imagining him as Patric stewart's character from extras "And then my son Achilles killed Penthesilea, and began to weep - but I had already seen everything"

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