Pelias
In Greek mythology , Pelias (in ancient Greek / is the son of Poseidon and Tyro , and adopted son Cretheus king of Iolcos in Thessaly. On the death of it, he seized the throne, becoming king usurper ( Aeson his half-brother and father Jason was the rightful king).
Fearing for the ill-gotten power, he consulted an oracle who told him that his death would come with a man wearing only a sandal. Some time later, while celebrating a ceremony attended Jason, he noticed it was missing a sandal (Jason had lost it while crossing a river). He asked what he would do so in his place if he were king and had received an oracle telling him that he would be assassinated by a subject, Jason replied: "I send him seek the Golden Fleece. "So Pelias, finding a great idea, Jason sent in Colchis , and thinking never see him again, he got rid of Aeson and his family.
But Jason returned victorious from his quest with the help of the sorceress Medea , he hatches a plan to get revenge on Pelias: Medea disguised herself as a priestess of Artemis and appeared at the court of the king, she did accroire daughters of Pelias that she had a means to rejuvenate their old father, she made a demonstration with a ram, she cut into pieces and boiled in a cauldron by adding certain substances: it came out a lamb. Thus convinced, the daughters of Pelias did the same with their father, which he was obviously fatal. (Jason and Medea were subsequently banned from Iolcos, and took refuge in Corinth ).
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