\b0 Son of \b \cf4 \ATXht10108 Aeacus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , the ruler of Aegina. After killing his half-brother, Peleus fle
d to Thessaly, but killed King Eurytion by accident. He then took refuge in Iolcus and joined the \b \cf4 \ATXht10134 Argonauts\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 in their quest for the \b \cf4 \ATXht10705 Golden Fleece\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . He married the Nereid \b \cf4 \ATXht12011 Thetis\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , granted to him by \b \cf4 \ATXht8 Zeus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 because none of the gods would unite with her because of the prophecy that she would be the mother of a son whose power would be greater than his father's. That son, w
hom Thetis bore to Peleus, was \b \cf4 \ATXht10104 Achilles\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 .