Editing Peleus (section)

===Rescue of Achilles===
[[Thetis]] attempted to render her son [[Achilles]] invulnerable. In the well-known version, she dipped him in the [[River Styx]], holding him by one heel, which remained vulnerable. In an early and less popular version of the story, Thetis anointed the boy in [[ambrosia]] and put him on top of a fire to burn away the mortal parts of his body. She was interrupted by Peleus and she abandoned both father and son in a rage, leaving his heel vulnerable.

A nearly identical story is told by [[Plutarch]], in his ''On [[Isis]] and [[Osiris]]'', of the goddess Isis burning away the mortality of Prince Maneros of [[Byblos]], son of Queen [[Astarte]], and being likewise interrupted before completing the process. Later on in life, Achilles is killed by Paris when he is shot in his vulnerable spot, the heel. This is where the term "Achilles' heel" is derived from.

Peleus gave [[Achilles]] to the [[centaur]] [[Chiron]], to raise on [[Pelion|Mt. Pelion]], which took its name from Peleus. In the ''[[Iliad]]'', Achilles uses Peleus' immortal horses and also wields his father's spear.