Galaxy/The codex of Pelegon

Father of warlike Asteropaeus (`asteropaeus-paeonian`), whom wide-flowing Axius begot on Periboea daughter of Acessamenus — named when the Paeonian captain vaunted his river descent to Achilles beside Scamander.1

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When Asteropaeus leapt from the eddying Scamander to face Achilles, he boasted that he was sprung from a river-god, Pelegon, whom wide-flowing Axius begot upon Periboea daughter of Acessamenus — yet the son of Peleus fixed him with the Pelian ash and left him in the sands.2

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BEYOND THE POETS

How the centuries since have seen Pelegon — art, artifacts and echoes.

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