- the
Calydonian Boar.
Acastus was the son of Pelias, then king of Iolcus, and
Anaxibia (Philomache in some traditions).
Acastus with his wife Astydamia...
- was to
marry Acastus' daughter. As a result,
Antigone hanged herself.
Astydamia then told
Acastus that
Peleus had
tried to rape her.
Acastus took Peleus...
-
learns his
mother killed herself,
believing him and
Acastus to be dead. They rest in the bay and
Acastus steals the
Fleece and goes into town.
Pelias kills...
-
priestess of Colchis.
Finally nearing Colchis,
Acastus challenges Jason's
authority and
fights him. Disarmed,
Acastus jumps into the sea and disappears. Jason...
- the
Dorian invasion of Attica.
After Codrus's death, his sons
Medon and
Acastus either reigned as kings, or
became hereditary archons. In 753 BC the hereditary...
-
Argonauts after their ship, the Argo. The
group of
heroes included:: 485
Acastus; Admetus; Argus, the
eponymous builder of the Argo; Atalanta; Augeas; the...
-
husband about Peleus supposedly making an
attempt on her in
Acastus' own bed,
wishing to make
Acastus a
partner in her plot
against Peleus, when the opposite...
- individuals:
Astydamia (wife of
Acastus), also
known as Hippolyta,
daughter of
Cretheus and
queen of
Iolcus as the wife of
Acastus. Her
husband purified Peleus...
- mythology,
Laodamia (Ancient Gr****: Λαοδάμεια Laodámeia) was the
daughter of
Acastus, king of Iolcus,
possibly by his wife Astydamia.
Laodamia became the wife...
- for 41 years, one of the
longest reigns of an ****yrian monarch. 1012 BC—
Acastus,
Archon of Athens, dies
after a
reign of 36
years and is
succeeded by his...
