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Ring Astydamea
Astydamea, daughter of Cretheus (also known as Hippolyta), was the Queen of Iolcus and wife of Acastus. Her husband purified Peleus of the murder of King Eurytion of Phthia. Astydamea fell in love with Peleus but he scorned her.
Bitter, she sent a messenger to Antigone, Peleus' wife, to tell her that Peleus was to marry Acastus' daughter, Sterope; Antigone hanged herself. Astydamea then told Acastus that Peleus had tried to rape her.
Acastus believed the false accusations and tried to take revenge in Peleus by taking him on a hunting trip and leaving him unprotected as a group of Centaurs attacked.
Peleus escaped death with the help of Chiron and Hermes; he pillaged Iolcus and dismembered Astydamea, then marched his army between the rended limbs.
Source: Wikipedia.
