Acastus
Sign in to saveAcastus (; ) is a character in Greek mythology. He sailed with Jason and the Argonauts, and participated in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar.
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- Deity.type
- Greek
- Deity.name
- Acastus
- Deity.deity_of
- King of Iolcus
- Deity.member_of
- the Deucalionids
- Deity.abode
- Iolcus
- Deity.consort
- Astydamia or Hippolyte
- Deity.parents
- Pelias and Anaxibia or Philomache
- Deity.siblings
- Pisidice, Alcestis, Pelopia, Hippothoe, Amphinome, Evadne, Asteropeia, and Antinoe
- Deity.offspring
- Sterope, Laodamia, Sthenele, Arxippus
- Deity.predecessor
- Pelias
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- name in native language
- Ἄκαστος
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Acastus (; ) is a character in Greek mythology. He sailed with Jason and the Argonauts, and participated in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar.
==Family== Acastus was the son of Pelias, then king of Iolcus, and Anaxibia (Philomache in some traditions). Acastus with his wife Astydamia (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.
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