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After the return of the Argonauts, Acastus's sisters were manipulated by [[Medea]] to cut their father Pelias in pieces and boil them. Acastus, when he heard this, buried his father, and drove Jason and Medea from Iolcus (and, according to [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], his sisters also),<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] |
After the return of the Argonauts, Acastus's sisters were manipulated by [[Medea]] to cut their father Pelias in pieces and boil them. Acastus, when he heard this, buried his father, and drove Jason and Medea from Iolcus (and, according to [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], his sisters also),<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 7.11</ref> and instituted funeral games in honor of his father.<ref>[[Apollodorus of Athens|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.9.27&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=1:chapter=9&highlight=Acastus 1.9.27]; [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#Preface#24 24] & [https://topostext.org/work/206#Preface#273 273]; Pausanias, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+3.18.16&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=3:chapter:18&highlight=Acastus 3.18.6], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+6.20.19&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=6:chapter=20:highlight=Acastus 6.20.19] & [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+5.17.10&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=5:chapter=17&highlight=Acastus 5.17.10]</ref><ref name="DGRBM">''[[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]]'' by William Smith (1867). </ref> He thereafter became king of Iolcus. |
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Acastus purified [[Peleus]] of the murder of [[Eurytion|King Eurytion]] of [[Phthia]].<ref>[[Ovid]] |
Acastus purified [[Peleus]] of the murder of [[Eurytion|King Eurytion]] of [[Phthia]].<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]] ''[https://topostext.org/work/141#11.392 11.409] </ref> Acastus's wife (variously named in mythology; often [[Astydameia]], but sometimes Hippolyte, daughter of [[Cretheus]])<ref name="OCD" /> fell in love with Peleus but he scorned her. Bitter, she sent a messenger to [[Antigone (daughter of Eurytion)|Antigone]], Peleus's wife and daughter of Eurytion, to tell her that Peleus was to marry Acastus's daughter, [[Sterope]]. |
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Astydameia then told Acastus that Peleus had tried to rape her.<ref>[[Pindar]] |
Astydameia then told Acastus that Peleus had tried to rape her.<ref>[[Pindar]], ''Nemean Odes'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Pind.+N.+4&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0162 4.57]; Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.13.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=3:chapter=13&highlight=Acastus 3.13.2]</ref> Acastus took Peleus on a hunting trip and hid his sword while he slept, then abandoned him on [[Pelion|Mt. Pelion]] to be killed by [[centaur]]s. The wise centaur [[Chiron]] (or the god [[Hermes]])<ref name="DGRBM" /> returned Peleus' sword and Peleus managed to escape. With [[Jason]] and the [[Dioscuri]], Peleus sacked Iolcus, dismembered Astydameia (and, in some accounts, Acastus himself), and marched his army between the pieces. Their kingdom later fell to Jason's son [[Thessalus]]. |
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*[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website]. |
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*[[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.] |
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*[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library] |
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*Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library]. |
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*[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.] |
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*[[Pindar]], ''Odes'' translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0162%3Abook%3DN. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] |
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*[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. [https://topostext.org/work/213 Online version at the Topos Text Project.] |
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*Pindar, ''The Odes of Pindar'' including the Principal Fragments with an Introduction and an English Translation by Sir John Sandys, Litt.D., FBA. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1937. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0161%3Abook%3DN. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library]. |
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*[[Ovid|Publius Ovidius Naso]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0028 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] |
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*Publius Ovidius Naso, ''Metamorphoses.'' Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0029 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library]. |
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Revision as of 23:11, 18 September 2021
| Acastus | |
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An Argonaut and a Calydonian Boar Hunter | |
| Member of the Deucalionids | |
| Abode | Iolcus |
| Genealogy | |
| Parents | Pelias and Anaxibia or Philomache |
| Siblings | Pisidice, Alcestis, Pelopia, Hippothoe, Amphinome, Evadne, Asteropeia, and Antinoe |
| Consort | Astydamia or Hippolyte |
| Offspring | Sterope, Laodamia, Sthenele, Arxippus |
Acastus (/əˈkæstəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἄκαστος) is a character in Greek mythology. He sailed with Jason and the Argonauts, and participated in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar.[1]
Family
Acastus was the son of Pelias, then king of Iolcus, and Anaxibia (Philomache in some traditions). Acastus with his wife Astydameia (also called Hippolyte, daughter of Cretheus) had two daughters: Sterope and Laodamia, and a number of sons. Another daughter, Sthenele, was given by the Bibliotheca as the wife of Menoetius and mother of Patroclus.
Mythology
After the return of the Argonauts, Acastus's sisters were manipulated by Medea to cut their father Pelias in pieces and boil them. Acastus, when he heard this, buried his father, and drove Jason and Medea from Iolcus (and, according to Pausanias, his sisters also),[2] and instituted funeral games in honor of his father.[3][4] He thereafter became king of Iolcus.
Acastus purified Peleus of the murder of King Eurytion of Phthia.[5] Acastus's wife (variously named in mythology; often Astydameia, but sometimes Hippolyte, daughter of Cretheus)[1] fell in love with Peleus but he scorned her. Bitter, she sent a messenger to Antigone, Peleus's wife and daughter of Eurytion, to tell her that Peleus was to marry Acastus's daughter, Sterope.
Astydameia then told Acastus that Peleus had tried to rape her.[6] Acastus took Peleus on a hunting trip and hid his sword while he slept, then abandoned him on Mt. Pelion to be killed by centaurs. The wise centaur Chiron (or the god Hermes)[4] returned Peleus' sword and Peleus managed to escape. With Jason and the Dioscuri, Peleus sacked Iolcus, dismembered Astydameia (and, in some accounts, Acastus himself), and marched his army between the pieces. Their kingdom later fell to Jason's son Thessalus.
Notes
- ^ a b Hornblower, Simon (1996). "Acastus". The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 3.
- ^ Pausanias, 7.11
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.27; Hyginus, Fabulae 24 & 273; Pausanias, 3.18.6, 6.20.19 & 5.17.10
- ^ a b Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1867).
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 11.409
- ^ Pindar, Nemean Odes 4.57; Apollodorus, 3.13.2
References
- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pindar, Odes translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pindar, The Odes of Pindar including the Principal Fragments with an Introduction and an English Translation by Sir John Sandys, Litt.D., FBA. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1937. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Acastus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.