Pelias

For other uses, see Pelias (mythology).
Not to be confused with Pelia or Peleus.
Pelias
King of Iolcus
Member of the Deucalionids
Pelias sends forth Jason, in an 1879 illustration from Stories from the Greek Tragedians by Alfred Church.
PredecessorAeson
SuccessorAcastus
AbodeIolcus
Genealogy
ParentsPoseidon and Tyro
SiblingsNeleus, half-brothers: Aeson, Pheres, and Amythaon
ConsortAnaxibia or Phylomache
OffspringAcastus, Pisidice, Alcestis, Pelopia, Hippothoe, Amphinome, Evadne, Asteropeia, Antinoe and Medusa
Pelias, king of Iolcos, stops on the steps of a temple as he recognises young Jason by his missing sandal; Roman fresco from Pompeii, 1st century AD.

Pelias (/ˈpiːliæs/ PEE-lee-ass; Ancient Greek: Πελίας) was king of Iolcus in Greek mythology. He was the one who sent Jason on the quest for the Golden Fleece.