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Peleus

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Father of Achilles; husband of Thetis; king of Phthia; friends with Heracles; one of the Argonauts; exiled from Aegina for killing his half brother Phocus

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Phthia

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a city in Thessaly

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Aeacus

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King of Aegina; father of Peleus; grandfather of Achilles

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Endeïs

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oread of Mt Pelion, queen of Aegina; mother of Peleus; grandmother of Achilles

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Chiron

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the most wise and just of the centaurs; son of Cronus

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oread

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mountain nymph

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Mt Pelion

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in Thessaly

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Thetis

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sea nymph; married Peleus; mother of Achilles

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Centauromachy

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Battle between Lapiths and centaurs at a wedding; where the centaurs got their reputation for drunken debauchery

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Lapiths

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lived on Mt Pelion in Thessaly

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