/ · 1894 Brewer’s · P · Pelides
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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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