Atreus - Mythopedia
2023年9月11日 · Atreus was the son of Pelops and Hippodamia and the elder brother of Thyestes. He and Thyestes were banished from their homeland and migrated to Mycenae (according to some traditions, they were exiled by their …
Agamemnon – Mythopedia
2023年7月12日 · Atreus, a son of the hero Pelops (and thus grandson of the infamous Tantalus), competed viciously with his brother Thyestes for the throne of Mycenae. In some traditions, however, Agamemnon was the son not of Atreus but of Atreus’ son Pleisthenes and his wife (whose name was either Aerope, Cleolla, or Eriphyle).
Aegisthus - Mythopedia
2023年10月2日 · Aegisthus, son of Thyestes, was a central figure in the bloody internal feuding of the Tantalid family. Thyestes and his brother Atreus had long battled over the throne of Mycenae; once Aegisthus was fully grown, he helped his father kill Atreus. The father-son duo briefly ruled over Mycenae before being driven out by Atreus’ son Agamemnon.
Menelaus – Mythopedia
2023年7月12日 · Their mother was Aerope, Atreus’ wife. According to an alternative genealogy, however, their father was Pleisthenes, who was himself a son of Atreus (thus making Menelaus and Agamemnon the grandsons, rather than the sons, of Atreus). The Feast of Atreus and Thyestes by Václav Jindřich Nosecký and Michael Václav Halbax (ca. 1700)
Agamemnon (Play) - Mythopedia
2023年3月8日 · Atreus’ sons Agamemnon and Menelaus—often known collectively as the Atreids or Atreidae—soon struck back, killing Thyestes and exiling Aegisthus. Agamemnon became king of Mycenae (or Argos, in Aeschylus’ version) and married the Spartan princess Clytemnestra.
Iliad: Book 2 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
The heavenly phantom hover’d o’er my head, ‘And, dost thou sleep, O Atreus’ son? (he said) Ill fits a chief who mighty nations guides, Directs in council, and in war presides; To whom its safety a whole people owes, To waste long nights in indolent repose.
Achilles - Mythopedia
2023年7月31日 · The wrath sing, goddess, of Peleus' son, Achilles, that destructive wrath which brought countless woes upon the Achaeans, and sent forth to Hades many valiant souls of heroes, and made them themselves spoil for dogs and every bird; thus the plan of Zeus came to fulfillment, from the time when first they parted in strife Atreus' son, king of men ...
Helen of Troy – Mythopedia
2022年12月8日 · Helen of Troy, “the face that launched a thousand ships,” was a daughter of Zeus and Leda who was famous for her extraordinary beauty. When Helen left her Greek husband for a handsome Trojan prince, the Greeks started the Trojan War to get her back.
Norse Mythology – Mythopedia
Norse mythology is the compilation of the stories, religious practices, and myths of the ancient Nordic people. These texts span a period of time beginning in Norse paganism and continuing through the medieval era, during which most of Scandinavia converted to Christianity.
Tantalus - Mythopedia
2022年12月8日 · This horrific tale follows a pattern encountered in a few other Greek myths: Tantalus can be compared with Atreus, for example, who fed his brother Thyestes his own sons, or with Procne, who fed her son Atys to her rapist husband Tereus. In each case, the offending party was severely punished by the gods.