ACASTUS

əkăsˈtəs, in Greek mythology, son of Pelias, cousin of Jason. He accompanied Jason on the Argonaut expedition, but when Jason and Medea murdered Pelias and usurped the throne of Iolcus, Acastus drove them away. Later, his wife fell in love with Peleus, the father of Achilles, who did not return her affection. Enraged, she falsely accused him of raping her. Acastus took revenge by leaving Peleus unprotected on Mt. Pelion. Rescued by the centaur Chiron, Peleus subsequently captured Iolcus and killed Acastus and his wife.

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Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica: Abbreviated Voyages in Silver Latin Epic
Book by Debra Hershkowitz; Oxford University, 1998
Subjects: Argonauts (Greek Mythology) In Literature, Epic Poetry, Latin--History And Criticism, Jason (Greek Mythology) In Literature, Medea (Greek Mythology) In Literature, Valerius Flaccus, Gaius--1st Cent--Argonautica
...the scene see pp. 159-60 below. its sides, the persuasion of Acastus to join the expedition, Jasons prayer to Neptune and later...several of these intervening events -- Jasons conversation with Acastus and the various prayers and prophecies -- do not feature in...
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Three Aeginetan Odes of Pindar: A Commentary on Nemean V, Nemean III and Pythian VIII
Book by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer; Brill, 1999
Subjects: Aegina Island (Greece)--In Literature, Games In Literature, Laudatory Poetry, Greek--History And Criticism, Mythology, Greek, In Literature, Odes--History And Criticism, Pindar--Criticism And Interpretation
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Gods and Heroes of the Greeks: The Library of Apollodorus
Book by Michael Simpson, Leonard Baskin, Apollodorus; University of Massachusetts Press, 1976
Subjects: Mythology, Greek
...married Anaxibia, the daughter of Bias or as some say, Phylomache, the daughter of Amphion . By her he had a son, Acastus, and daughters named Pisidice, Pelopia, Hippothoe and Alcestis. 10 Cretheus founded Iolcus and married Tyro...
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Metamorphoses
Book by Ovid, Henry T. Riley; George Bell and Sons, 1898
Subjects: Metamorphosis--Poetry, Mythology, Classical--Poetry, Ovid--43 B.C.-17 Or 18 A.D--Metamorphoses--Liber 8
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A Short Guide to Classical Mythology
Book by G. M. Kirkwood; Bolchazy-Carducci, 1995
Subjects: Mythology, Greek--Dictionaries
...Medeas brother. See Argonauts (Colchis). Acastus (a-kastus) was a king of Thessaly. For...Peleus into Thessaly (see the story of Acastus, Hippolyte, and Peleus, under Salmoneus...Thessaly; Pelias was succeeded by his son Acastus. Corinth. The last scene of Jasons career...
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Centaurs Unnaturally Fabulous
Journal article by Carl Woodring; Wordsworth Circle, Vol. 38, 2007
Subjects: Animals, Mythical--Portrayals, Greek mythology--Portrayals, Mythical animals--Portrayals
...perilous assignment to leadership of the Argonauts in pursuit of the Golden Fleece. Besides saving Peleus from the treachery of Acastus, Chiron taught Peleus how to make Thetis stop changing shapes and how to seize her in order to marry her and provide birth...


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Tutsis with a Twist; Dance Craze: The African Tribesmen Who Appeared in the Film King Solomon's Mines
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 9, 2007
...rapidly and too abundantly for any ablutions toovercome it. There died of this disease, amongst those of the most ancient times, Acastus,the son of Pelias; of later date, Alcman the poet, Pherecydes the theologian,Callisthenes the Olynthian, in the time of his...


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encyclopedia articles on: Acastus  - 3 results

 
 
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Acastus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ACASTUS kas t s, in Greek mythology, son of Pelias , cousin...Medea murdered Pelias and usurped the throne of Iolcus, Acastus drove them away. Later, his wife fell in love with Peleus...affection. Enraged, she falsely accused him of raping her. Acastus took revenge by leaving Peleus unprotected on Mt. Pelion...
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Peleus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...were exiled from Aegina. After taking part in the Calydonian hunt, Peleus went to Iolcus, where he killed King Acastus and Acastus wife because they had once tried to murder him. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press...
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Jason , in Greek Mythology
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...their father. Pelias was thus murdered by his innocent daughters. Jason seized the city, but he and Medea were expelled by Acastus , the son of Pelias. They sailed on to Orchomenses in Boeotia, where they hung the fleece in a temple. Then they went to Corinth...


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