Peleus Cleansed of Murder by King Eurytion
After killing his half-brother Phocus on Aegina, the hero Peleus fled to the kingdom of Phthia in Thessaly. There, King Eurytion performed the sacred rites of purification, cleansing Peleus of his blood-guilt and integrating him into the royal household. This act of mercy granted Peleus a new life, a wife in the princess Antigone, and a share of the Thessalian kingdom.