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Greek Mythology > People, Places, & Things > Akastos
A to Aegyptus Aello to Agesilaus I Agesilaus II to Akhaia Akhaian to Alkman Alkmene to Anaetius Anakeion to Apaturia Apeliotes to Argos Argus to Arkhidike Arkhilokhos to Astyanax Astydameia to Azov
The son of the king of Iolkos (Iolcos), Pelias, and Anaxibia.
Akastos is most famous for his participation in the Kalydonian (Calydonian) Hunt but he also participated, against his father’s will, in the quest for the Golden Fleece with the Argonauts.
His father, Pelias, was the man who sent Iason (Jason) and the Argonauts on the seemingly impossible quest for the Golden Fleece.
When the Argonauts returned to Iolkos with the Fleece, Iason’s sorceress wife, Medea, induced Akastos’ sisters to kill Pelias in an attempt to restore his youth; as punishment, Akastos banished Iason and Medea from Iolkos.
At the funeral games for his father, Akastos’ wife, Astydameia, became infatuated with another of the Argonauts, Peleus, and made unwanted advances towards him; when he rejected her, she lied to Akastos and as a result, Akastos had Peleus disarmed and abandoned him on Mount Pelion to die; the Centaur, Kheiron (Chiron) found Peleus and saved him from certain death on the mountain.
His name may also be rendered as Akastus or Acastus.
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