(Πελίας; Pelías).
Legitimate king of Iolcus, son of Tyro and Poseidon, twin brother of Neleus [1] (Hom. Od. 11,241ff.; Hes. Cat. 30ff.), husband of Anaxibia or Phylomache, father of Acastus and several daughters (Peliádes), including Alcestis (Apollod. 1,95). Tyro, unmarried and living with her uncle Cretheus and his wife Sidero, exposes the twins P. and Neleus at birth. After their rescue and recognition P. kills Sidero on an altar to Hera, bringing Hera's enmity on himself (Apollod. 1,90ff.; Soph. Tyro), so that he is considered a transgressor (hybristḗs: Hes. The…