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ACASTUS

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 111 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: A10-ADA
ACASTUS , in Greek legend, the son of Pelias, king of Iolcus in Thessaly (Ovid, Metam. viii. 306; Apollonius Rhodius 224;
Pindar
 , Nemea, iv, 54, V. 26). He was a
great
  friend of Jason, and took
part
  in the Calydonian boar-hunt and the Argonautic expedition. After his father's death he instituted splendid funeral
games
  in his honour, which were celebrated by artists and poets, such as Stesichorus. His wife Astydameia (called Hippolyte in
Horace
 , Odes, iii. 7. 17) fell in love with Peleus (q.v.), who had taken
refuge
  at Iolcus, but when her advances were rejected accused him falsely to her husband. Acastus, to avenge his fancied wrongs, left Peleus asleep on
Mount
  Pelion, having first hidden his famous
sword
 . On awaking, Peleus was attacked by the Centaurs, but saved by Cheiron. Having re-covered his
sword
  he returned to Iolcus and slew Acastus and Astydameia. Acastus was represented with his famous horses in the
painting
  of the Argonautic expedition by
Micon
  in the temple of the Dioscuri at Athens.


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