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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.

Ἀταλάντη, Ἀκάστου γυνὴ, ἥτις Πηλέως ἐρασθεῖσα λόγους ὑπὲρ μίξεως εἰσφέρει, ἀναινομένου δὲ δείσασα, μή μιν κατείποι πρὸς τὸν ἄνδρα, ὑποφθάσασα αὐτὸν προσδιαβάλλει τὸν ἄνδρα, ὡς εὐνηθῆναί οἱ ἐθέλοντα. ὁ δὲ λόχον ὑφείσας ἐπεβούλευσε Πηλεῖ. καὶ ὃς αἰσθόμενος ἐς πόλεμον κατέστη πρὸς αὐτὸν, ἐπικαλεσάμενος βοηθοὺς τούς τε Τυνδαρίδας καὶ Ἰάσονα, ἐχθρὸν ὄντα ἐκείνῳ, φίλος αὐτὸς ὢν διὰ τὸ σύμπλους ἐν τῇ Ἀργοῖ γεγονέναι: καὶ τήν τε Ἰωλκὸν αἱρεῖ καὶ τὴν Ἀκάστου γυναῖκα σφάττει.

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(3) 199) and in most accounts, such as that of Apollodorus, the wife of Akastos is named Astydameia (cf. under epsilon 2132) and a different Atalanta, the Argonaut who wrestled Peleus, is present. 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.
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