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The wife of Akastos, who, having become infatuated with Peleus, initiated discussions about sex, but fearing rejection, lest he denounce her to her husband, beat him to it and slandered him [to] her husband, [claiming him] as wishing to sleep with her. Having laid an ambush, he plotted against Peleus -- who, perceiving this, waged war against him, having invited as allies both the Tyndaridai[1] and Jason (who was an enemy to Akastos) with whom he was friends, thanks to having been their shipmate on the Argo; and he seized Iolkos and killed the wife of Akastos.

*)atala/nth, *)aka/stou gunh\, h(/tis *phle/ws e)rasqei=sa lo/gous u(pe\r mi/cews ei)sfe/rei, a)nainome/nou de\ dei/sasa, mh/ min katei/poi pro\s to\n a)/ndra, u(pofqa/sasa au)to\n prosdiaba/llei to\n a)/ndra, w(s eu)nhqh=nai/ oi( e)qe/lonta. o( de\ lo/xon u(fei/sas e)pebou/leuse *phlei=. kai\ o(\s ai)sqo/menos e)s po/lemon kate/sth pro\s au)to\n, e)pikalesa/menos bohqou\s tou/s te *tundari/das kai\ *)ia/sona, e)xqro\n o)/nta e)kei/nw|, fi/los au)to\s w)\n dia\ to\ su/mplous e)n th=| *)argoi= gegone/nai: kai\ th/n te *)iwlko\n ai(rei= kai\ th\n *)aka/stou gunai=ka sfa/ttei.

Nicolaus of Damascus FGrH 90 F55; cf. already alpha 809, and again upsilon 708.
This is not one of the more familiar tales of Atalanta (on whom see generally OCD(4) s.v., p.191) and in most accounts, such as that of Apollodorus, the wife of Akastos is named Astydameia: cf. under epsilon 2132. Paradiso [below] unravels the complex source-background which lies behind that entry, the present one, and others which relate to them (epsilon 1373, kappa 1035). See also under mu 393.
[1] Castor and Pollux.

Ross Scaife ✝ on 11 October 1999@12:26:41.
David Whitehead (supplied headwords; modified translation augmented notes) on 19 March 2001@08:18:34.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords) on 27 July 2006@08:27:38.
David Whitehead (x-refs) on 3 February 2007@04:31:44.
David Whitehead (another keyword; tweaks) on 27 April 2012@05:33:52.
David Whitehead (updated a ref) on 31 July 2014@04:28:20.
David Whitehead (expanded note, with bibliography) on 27 May 2016@07:20:58.

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