the Calydonian Boar. Acastus was the son of Pelias, then king of Iolcus, and Anaxibia (Philomache in some traditions). Acastus with his wife Astydamia...

was to marry Acastus' daughter. As a result, Antigone hanged herself. Astydamia then told Acastus that Peleus had tried to rape her. Acastus took Peleus...

priestess of Colchis. Finally nearing Colchis, Acastus challenges Jason's authority and fights him. Disarmed, Acastus jumps into the sea and disappears. Jason...

learns his mother killed herself, believing him and Acastus to be dead. They rest in the bay and Acastus steals the Fleece and goes into town. Pelias kills...

the Dorian invasion of Attica. After Codrus's death, his sons Medon and Acastus either reigned as kings, or became hereditary archons. In 753 BC the hereditary...

Chlosyne acastus, the sagebrush checkerspot, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae that is found in North America. They range from western United States...

mythology, Laodamia (Ancient Greek: Λαοδάμεια Laodámeia) was the daughter of Acastus, king of Iolcus, possibly by his wife Astydamia. Laodamia became the wife...

of Athens, dies after a reign of 20 years and is succeeded by his son Acastus. 1046 BC: King Wu of Zhou overthrows the last Shang dynasty king Di Xin...

daughter of Bias, or Phylomache, daughter of Amphion. He was the father of Acastus, Pisidice, Alcestis, Pelopia, Hippothoe, Amphinome, Evadne, Asteropeia...

for 41 years, one of the longest reigns of an Assyrian monarch. 1012 BC—Acastus, Archon of Athens, dies after a reign of 36 years and is succeeded by his...