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Tyro was married to Cretheus (with whom she had one son, Aeson) but loved Enipeus, a river god. She pursued Enipeus, who refused her advances. One day, Poseidon, filled with lust for Tyro, disguised himself as Enipeus and from their union was born Pelias and Neleus, twin boys. Tyro exposed her sons on a mountain and they were raised by a maid. When they reached adulthood, Pelias and Neleus found Tyro and killed her stepmother, Sidero, for having mistreated her. Sidero hid in a temple to Hera but Pelias killed her anyway, causing Hera's undying hatred of Pelias.

Pelias was power-hungry and he wished to gain dominion over all of Thessaly. To this end, he banished Neleus and Pheres, and locked Aeson in the dungeons in Iolcus. While in there, Aeson married and had several children, most famously, Jason. Aeson sent Jason to Chiron the centaurSee also centaur (planetoid), Centaur (rocket stage Guido Reni, Abduction of Deianira 1620-21 In Greek mythology, the centaurs are a race part human and part horse, with a horse's body and a human head and torso illustration, right . A centaur is the firs, on Mt. PelionPelion (Lat: 39°26' N Long: 023°03' E) is a mountain at the southeastern part of Thessaly in central Greece, forming a hook-like peninsula between the Pagasetic Gulf and the Aegean Sea. In Greek mythology, Mountain Pelion which took its name from the myth, to be educated while Pelias, paranoid that he would be overthrown, was warned by an oracleFor alternate usages of "Oracle", see Oracle (disambiguation Oracles are human beings who make predictions, or offer insight, based on a (claimed) connection to the Gods. In the ancient world many sites gained a reputation for the dispensing of oracular w to beware a man wearing one sandal.

Many years later, Pelias was holding the Olympics in honor of Poseidon when Jason, rushing to Iolcus, lost one of his sandals in a river while helping someone cross. When Jason entered Iolcus, he was announced as a man wearing one sandal. Paranoid, Pelias asked him what he (Jason) would do if confronted with the man who would be his downfall. Jason responded that he would send that man after the Golden FleeceFor the order of chivalry, see Order of the Golden Fleece. In Greek mythology, the ram with the Golden Fleece Okros Satsmisi in Georgian) was given to Nephele of Thessaly by Hermes for her to transport her children, Helle and Phrixus, away from Ino. The r. Pelias took that advice and sent Jason to retrieve the Golden Fleece.

During Jason's absence, Pelias thought the ArgoThe Argo was the ship on which Jason and the Argonauts sailed from Iolcus to retrieve the Golden Fleece. The Argo was built by Argus, son of Phrixus. The Argo had the gifts of speech and prophecy because it was made of oak wood from the oracle at Dodona. had sunk, and this was what he told Aeson and PromachusIn Greek mythology, Promachus ("who leads in battle") referred to several different people. Son of Aeson and Alcimede, killed by Pelias along with his father while his brother, Jason, searched for the Golden Fleece. One of the Epigonoi. An epithet of Athe, who committed suicide by drinking poison or were both killed directly by Pelias.

While Jason searched for the Golden Fleece, Hera, who was still angry at Pelias, conspired to make him fall in love with MedeaIn Greek mythology Medea was the daughter of King Aeetes (Georgian Ayeti of Colchis (Georgian Kolkheti now a territory of modern Georgia) and niece of Circe, and later wife to Jason. In Greek eyes she was a witch or sorceress; to an archaeologist her powe, whom she hoped would kill Pelias. When Jason and Medea returned, Pelias still refused to give up his throne. Medea conspired to have Pelias' own daughters ( Peliades) kill him. She told them she could turn an old ram into a young ram by cutting up the old ram and boiling it. During the demonstration, a live, young ram jumped out of the pot. Excited, the girls cut their father into pieces and threw them in a pot. Pelias did not survive.

Pelias had a son, Acastus, who later drove Jason and Medea to Corinth and so reclaimed the kingdom. His daughter Alcestis was the wife of King Admetus of nearby Pherae, who died for him and was later rescued by Heracles. He had another daughter named Pisidice.