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ACASTUS , in See also:Greek See also:legend, the son of See also:Pelias, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of Iolcus in See also:Thessaly (See also:Ovid, Metam. viii. 306; See also:Apollonius Rhodius 224; See also:Pindar, Nemea, iv, 54, V. 26). He was a See also:great friend of See also:Jason, and took See also:part in the Calydonian See also:boar-See also:hunt and the Argonautic expedition. After his See also:father's See also:death he instituted splendid funeral See also:games in his See also:honour, which were celebrated by artists and poets, such as See also:Stesichorus. His wife Astydameia (called Hippolyte in See also:Horace, Odes, iii. 7. 17) See also:fell in love with See also:Peleus (q.v.), who had taken See also:refuge at Iolcus, but when her advances were rejected accused him falsely to her See also:husband. Acastus, to avenge his fancied wrongs, See also:left Peleus asleep on See also:Mount See also:Pelion, having first hidden his famous See also:sword. On awaking, Peleus was attacked by the See also:Centaurs, but saved by Cheiron. Having re-covered his sword he returned to Iolcus and slew Acastus and Astydameia. Acastus was represented with his famous horses in the See also:painting of the Argonautic expedition by See also:Micon in the See also:temple of the Dioscuri at See also:Athens.
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