Acastus

, son of Pelias king of The aly by Anaxibia, married Astydamia or Hippolyte, who fell in love with Peleus son of Æacus, when in banishment at her husband’s court. Peleus, rejecting the addre es of Hippolyte, was accused before Acastus of attempts upon her virtue, and soon after, at a chase, exposed to wild beasts. Vulcan, by order of Jupiter, delivered Peleus, who returned to The aly, and put to death Acastus and his wife. See: Peleus and Astydamia . Ovid , Metamorphoses , bk. 8 , li. 306 ; Heroides , poem 13, li. 25 .— Apollo dor us , bk. 1 , ch. 9 , . ――The second archon at Athens.