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Peleus (frog)
Mud-Man
also: Πηλεύς
Physignathos's father, said to have fathered him with Hydromedousa on the banks of the Eridanus. The name puns on 'pelos' (mud) while echoing the Iliad's Peleus, father of Achilles.
Reading notes
- The Battle of Frogs and Mice §13 Mud-Man
Physignathos's father, said to have fathered him with Hydromedousa on the banks of the Eridanus. The name puns on 'pelos' (mud) while echoing the Iliad's Peleus, father of Achilles.