Editing Peleus (section)

===Marriage to Thetis===
{{Main|Judgement of Paris}}
[[Image:Dish Thetis Peleus Louvre CA2569.jpg|thumb|280px|right|Peleus makes off with his prize bride Thetis, who has vainly assumed animal forms to escape him: [[Boeotia]]n black-figure dish, {{circa|500 BC}}–475 BC]]

After Antigone's death, Peleus married the sea-nymph [[Thetis]]. He was able to win her over with the aid of [[Proteus]], who instructed Peleus to hold onto her tightly through all of her physical transformations she used to try to escape.<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' 11.219-74</ref> Their wedding feast was attended by many of the [[Olympian gods]]. As wedding presents, [[Poseidon]] gave Peleus two immortal horses: [[Balius and Xanthus]], [[Hephaestus]] gave him a knife, [[Aphrodite]] a bowl with an embossed [[Eros]], [[Hera]] a [[chlamys]], [[Athena]] a flute, [[Nereus]] a basket of the divine salt which has an irresistible virtue for overeating, appetite and digestion and [[Zeus]] gave Thetis, as present, the wings of [[Arke]].<ref>[http://remacle.org/bloodwolf/erudits/photius/ptolemee.htm Photius, Bibliotheca excerpts - GR]</ref><ref>[https://topostext.org/work/237#190.46 Photius, Bibliotheca excerpts, 190.46 - EN]</ref>

During the feast, [[Eris (mythology)|Eris]], in revenge for not being invited, produced the [[apple of Discord]], which started the quarrel that led to the [[judgement of Paris]] and eventually the [[Trojan War]]. The marriage of Peleus and Thetis produced seven sons, six of whom died in infancy. The only surviving son was [[Achilles]].