Acastus

Acastus
King of Iolcus
Member of the Deucalionids
AbodeIolcus
Genealogy
ParentsPelias and Anaxibia or Philomache
SiblingsPisidice, Alcestis, Pelopia, Hippothoe, Amphinome, Evadne, Asteropeia, and Antinoe
ConsortAstydamia or Hippolyte
OffspringSterope, Laodamia, Sthenele, Arxippus

Acastus (/əˈkæstəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἄκαστος) is a character in Greek mythology. He sailed with Jason and the Argonauts,[1] and participated in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar.[2]

  1. ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.16
  2. ^ Hornblower, Simon (1996). "Acastus". The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 3.