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List of Gods : "Acastus" - 3 records

Name ▲▼	Origin ▲▼	Description ▲▼
King name "Acastus"	Greek	A son of Pelias, king of lolcus, and of Anaxibia, or as others call her, Philomache.
"Anaxibia"	Greek	1. A daughter of Bias and wife of Pelias, by whom she became the mother of Acastus, Peisidice, Pelopia, Hippothoe, and Alcestis. (Apollodorus) 2. A daughter of Cratieus, and second wife of Nestor. (Apollodorus) 3. A daughter of Pleisthenes, and sister of Agamemnon, married Strophius and became the mother of Pylades.
God name "Laodameia"	Greek	A daughter of Acastus, and wife of Protesilaus. As the latter, shortly after his marriage, joined the Greeks in their expedition against Troy, and was the first that was killed there, Laodameia sued for the favour of the gods to be allowed to converse with him only for three hours. The request was granted: Hermes led Protesilaus back to the upper world, and when Protesilaus died a second time, Laodameia died with him. Greek

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