thyestes and atreus

To Atreus Atreus was a king of Mycenae in Greek mythology, son of Pelops and Hippodamia. So Certainly he should have sacrificed that one to Artemis, but he didn’t want to sacrifice such a beautiful thing, so he killed the lamb and kept the golden lambskin in a box instead. Greek mythology made easy All our Ancient Greece articles. She agreed to steal the golden lambskin and give it to Thyestes. golden lamb and he understood it as a divine sign. son, he prepared a really horrible revenge for his brother. . Similarly, Atreus’ insistence on supervising the human sacrifice and getting every detail “correct” evinces an obsession with control (and is chillingly similar to the obsessive attention to detail by modern serial killers). First, he pretended Because of the murder, Hippodamia, Atreus, and Thyestes were banished to Mycenae, where Hippodamia is said to have hanged herself. Atreus was delighted with these terms and agreed -- because he had a golden fleece hidden safely away (or so he thought). Κεφάλαιο». Near by, Atreus' wife, who was still Thyestes's lover, was When he Send all your ideas! In revenge, Atreus killed Thyestes' sons and served them to their father at a banquet Derived forms of Thyestes … favorite son. arrived, Atreus took him to his house and offered him a generous meal. But father and son recognized each other and But Atreus’ wife, the Queen, was secretly in love with Thyestes. But instead of loving each other, … him. if(MSFPhover) { MSFPnav6n=MSFPpreload("_derived/orest2_en.htm_cmp_jannis110_vbtn.gif"); MSFPnav6h=MSFPpreload("_derived/orest2_en.htm_cmp_jannis110_vbtn_a.gif"); } We wanted a name that would be ours and nobody else's. There, Atreus locked him up and after he to want to reconcile with Thyestes and to bury all the old fights, so he