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- speaks of the place where Iolcus stood. Strabo states that a festal ****embly was held there in honor of Pelias. The position of Iolcus is indicated by Strabo...
- was holding games in honor of Poseidon when the grown Jason arrived in Iolcus, having lost one of his sandals in the river Anauros ("wintry Anauros")...
- became Queen of Iolcus. Tyro was the daughter of King Salmoneus of Elis and Alcidice. She married her uncle, King Cretheus of Iolcus, and had three sons...
- Pelias (/ˈpiːliæs/ PEE-lee-****; Ancient Gr****: Πελίας) was king of Iolcus in Gr**** mythology. He was the one who sent Jason on the quest for the Golden...
- rushing to Iolcus, lost one of his sandals in a river while helping Hera, in the form of an old woman, cross. When Jason entered Iolcus, he was announced...
- from Iolcus (and, according to Pausanias, his sisters also), and instituted funeral games in honor of his father. He thereafter became king of Iolcus. Acastus...
- murder of her husband, children and her husband's lover. In the city of Iolcus in Greece, King Aeson is removed from power by his half-brother Pelias who...
- of Cretheus”), is a princess and then queen of the ancient Gr**** city of Iolcus in Thessaly, the daughter of Cretheus and wife of Acastus. Astydamia fell...
- and fled from Phthia. Peleus was purified of the murder of Eurytion in Iolcus by Acastus. Acastus' wife, Astydamia, fell in love with Peleus and after...
- Pelias usurped the throne from his half-brother Aeson and became king of Iolcus in Thessaly (near the modern city of Volos). Because of this unlawful act...