Acastus
Quartigod son of Pelias by Anaxibia; Argonaut and Calydonian-Boar hunter. After Medea tricked his sisters into dismembering Pelias, expelled Jason and Medea from Iolcus and acceded to the Iolcian kingship; instituted the canonical-Greek funeral games for Pelias attended by most of the surviving heroic-age figures. Purified Peleus of the accidental killing of Eurytion; his wife Astydameia fell in love with Peleus and falsely accused him after rejection. Took Peleus hunting on Pelion and abandoned him sword-less to be killed by centaurs; Chiron restored Peleus's sword. Peleus returned with Jason and the Dioscuri to sack Iolcus, killed Astydameia and dismembered her. His son Thessalus succeeded him and gave his name to Thessaly per the canonical eponymic-tradition.
Parentage
- father: PeliasApollod. 1.9.10 (primary)
- parent: Anaxibia daughter of Bias
Relations
- father: PeliasApollod. 1.9.10 (primary)
- mother: Anaxibia (daughter of Bias) per Apollod. 1.9.10; or Phylomache (daughter of Amphion) per the variant · GreekApollod. 1.9.10 (primary)
- sibling: AlcestisApollod. 1.9.10 (primary)
- spouse: Astydameia (also called Hippolyte daughter of Cretheus, distinct from the Amazon Hippolyte; killer-of-her by Peleus after the Iolcus sack) · GreekApollod. 3.13.3 (primary)
- father of: Sterope, Laodamia (mother of Protesilaus by Iphiclus); Sthenele (mother of Patroclus by Menoetius per Apollod. 3.13.8); Thessalus (eponymous founder of Thessaly) · GreekApollod. 3.13.3, 3.13.8 (primary)
- killer of: Astydameia and Peleus's wife Antigone (the latter through Astydameia's false letter that drove Antigone to suicide per Apollod. 3.13.3) · GreekIndirect-killer through Astydameia's deception that drove Antigone to suicide.Apollod. 3.13.3 (primary)
Sources
- existence: Apollodorus, Library 1.9.10, 1.9.16, 1.9.27; 3.13.2-3, 3.13.7; Epitome 6.13 (primary); Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.224 ff. (primary); Pindar, Nemean Ode 4.54-65; Pythian 4.71-78 (primary); Hesiod, fr. 209 M-W (primary); Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.305 ff., 11.409 ff. (primary); Hyginus, Fabulae 14, 24, 173, 273 (primary); Pausanias 3.18.16, 5.17.9, 6.20.19, 8.11.3 (primary)