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Acastus purifed Peleus of the murder of King Eurytion of Phthia Then, Peleus lost a wrestling match in the funeral games of Pelias to Atalanta . Astydameia , Acastus' wife, fell in love with Peleus but he scorned her. Bitter, she sent a messenger to Antigone , Peleus' wife and daughter of Eurytion, to tell her that Peleus was to marry Acastus' daughter, Steropes ; Antigone hanged herself. Astydameia then told Acastus that Peleus had tried to rape her. Acastus took Peleus on a hunting trip and hid his sword, then abandoned him right before a group of Centaurs attacked. Chiron , the wise centaur, returned Peleus' sword and Peleus managed to escape. He pillaged Ioklos, sometimes said to have been helped by Jason and the Dioscuri , and dismembered Astydameia, then marched his army between the pieces. Acastus and Astydameia were dead, and the kingdom fell to Jason's son Thessalus . Acastus and Astydameia had one daughter besides Sterope: Laodamia . Another daughter Stenele is given by Apollodorus Of Athens as the wife of Menoetius and mother of Patroclus . |
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