masculine Peleus

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greek
Name Root:
pelós / pílos / Pilós > Pēleús
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The origin of this name is still today quite uncertain. The theories include: 1) From the Ancient Greek “Pilós (πηλός),” meaning “clay.” 2) From the Ancient Greek “pílos (πίλος),” meaning “hat, cap.” 3) From the Ancient Greek “pelós (πελός),” meaning “dark-colored, ashen.” In Greek mythology, Peleus was a hero whose myth was already known to Homer’s hearers in the late 8th-century BC. Peleus was the son of Aeacus, king of the island of Aegina, and Endeïs, the oread of Mount Pelion in Thessaly. He married the sea-nymph Thetis with whom he fathered Achilles.

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