Pelias

Nine of the artists are New Orleans-based — including Willie Birch, Ron Bechet and Anastasia Pelias — a larger percentage than in previous editions of Prospect, which has drawn crowds of 100,000 to 150,000, split about equally between regional and national or international visitors.

Pelias gave him a soft answer.

Pelias had forced Jason’s father to kill himself and his mother had died of grief.

She brought about the death of Pelias by a cunning trick.

The next time we hear of her is after the Argonauts returned, when Medea had killed Jason’s uncle Pelias under the pretext of restoring him to youth.