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Peliʹdes

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Son of Peleus (2 syl.)—that is, Achilles, the hero of Homer’s Iliad, and chief of the Greek warriors that besieged Troy.

“When, like Peliʹdes, bold beyond control,

Homer raised high to heaven the loud impetuous song.”


Beattie: Minstrel.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Peg too Low (A)
Pegasos (Greek; Pegasus, Latin)
Pegg (Katharine)
Pegging Away (Keep)
Peine Forte et Dure
Pelagianism
Pelagius
Pelf
Pelias
Pelican
Pelides
Pelion
Pell-mell
Pellean Conqueror
Pelleas (Sir)
Pells
Pelops
Pelorus
Pelos [mud]
Pelt
Pen Name

See Also:

Pelides