Pelʹias.

The huge spear of Achilles, which none but the hero could wield; so called because it was cut from an ash growing on Mount Pelʹion, in Thessaly.

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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.

Peers of the Realm
Peg or Peggy
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]

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Pelias