Peleus

Finally, Diomedes, lord of the war cry, broke forth.

Great Marshal Agamemnon, if only you had never begged the dauntless son of Peleus, holding out to Achilles trove on trove of gifts.

He's a proud man at the best of times, and now you've only plunged him deeper into pride.

I say, have done with the man.

B. Cotterell Heine has rendered this in a forcible and bitter parody.

Quote, The smallest living Philistine at Stuckert-on-the-Necker is much happier than I am, son of Peleus, the dead hero, shadowy ruler of the underworld.

Unquote.

It was much later before the religions managed to declare this afterlife as the more valuable and perfect, and to debase our mortal life to a mere preparation for the life to come.

This is what all of the myths that are our narrative stories are about.

The Argonautica, which has people on it, like not just Jason, but also Hercules, Orpheus, Peleus, Achilles' dad, right? It's a stacked crew.

All of those who fought at Thebes, all of those who fought at Troy.

Most of them were killed off in those wars and in those exploits.

One is king of gods and men.

But as common as those is chronides, that is to say son of Kronos.

And that reminds us that we think about Agamemnon, Atreides, son of Atreus, and Achilles, Peleides, son of Peleus.

And that is – those patronymics are so important to every culture that makes up the West.

B. Cotterell Heine has rendered this in a forcible and bitter parody.

Quote, The smallest living Philistine, at Stuckert on the Necker, is much happier than I am, son of Peleus, the dead hero, shadowy ruler of the underworld.

Unquote.

It was much later before the religions managed to declare this afterlife as the more valuable and perfect, and to debase our mortal life to a mere preparation for the life to come.

Megarian writers, however, taking issue with current report, and as Simonides expresses it, waging war with antiquity, say that Sciron was neither a violent man nor a robber, but a chastiser of robbers and a kinsman and friend of good and just men.

For Aeacus, they say, is regarded as the most righteous of Hellenes, and Sicrius the Salaminian has divine honours at Athens, and the virtues of Peleus and Telamon are known to all men.

Well, then, Sciron was the son-in-law of Sicrius, father-in-law of Aeacus, and the grandfather of Peleus and Telamon, who were the sons of Endius, daughter of Sciron and Chariclo.

It is not likely, then, they say, that the best of men made family alliances with the basest, receiving and giving the greatest and most valuable pledges.

It was not, they say, when Theseus first journeyed to Athens, but afterwards, that he captured Eleusis from the Megarians, having circumvented Diocles its ruler, and slew Sciron.

But Menestheus persuaded its people to receive the Tyndaridae into the city and show them all manner of kindness, since they were waging war upon Theseus alone, who had committed the first act of violence, but were benefactors and saviors of the rest of mankind.

And their behavior confirmed his assurances, for although they were masters of everything, they demanded only an initiation into the mysteries, since they were no less closely allied to the city than Heracles.

This privilege was accordingly granted them after they had been adopted by Aphidnus, as Peleus had adopted Heracles.

But I read this from the Lattimore.

Seeing goddess, the anger of Peleus' son Achilles and its devastation, which put pains thousandfold upon the Achaeans, hurled in their multitudes to the house of Hades, strong souls of heroes.

but gave their bodies to be the delicate feasting of dogs, of all birds.

And the will of Zeus was accomplished.