Acastus

Role: king of Iolcus · First appears: Apollodorus, Library 1.9

🌐 Also appears in: Greek Tragedy — The Same Myth, Three Voices (as Acastus)

Life events

• Medea deceives Pelias's daughters into killing and boiling their father; Acastus expels Jason and Medea.(Apollodorus, Library 1.9 · 📍 Iolcus)
  • With: Medea Pelias
  • “So they believed her, made mince meat of their father and boiled him. But Acastus buried his father with the help of the inhabitants of Iolcus, and he expelled Jason and Medea from Iolcus.”

Apollodorus, Library 1.9

• parent: Pelias “and he begat a son, Acastus, and daughters, Pisidice, Pelopia, Hippothoe, and Alcestis.”
• enemies with Jason “he expelled Jason and Medea from Iolcus.”
• enemies with Medea “he expelled Jason and Medea from Iolcus.”

Apollodorus, Library 3.13

• married with Astydamia “Astydamia, wife of Acastus”
• enemies with Peleus “When he had fallen asleep on Pelion , Acastus deserted him”
• with Peleus (Acastus purified Peleus.) “was purified by him”
• child: Sterope (daughter of Acastus) “Sterope, daughter of Acastus”
• child: Sthenele “Sthenele, daughter of Acastus”

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Extracted from the original text of Greek Mythology. Made with Rho MD.