In Greek mythology, Thyestes (pronounced /θaɪˈɛstiːz/, Greek: Θυέστης, [tʰyéstɛːs]) was a king of Olympia. Thyestes and his brother, Atreus, were exiled...
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Tantalus, son of Thyestes Plisthenes (silent role), son of Thyestes Tantali umbra (ghost of Tantalus), grandfather of Atreus & Thyestes Furia (Rage, Fury)...
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Atreus (section Atreus and Thyestes)
Thyestes. Depending on myth versions, they murdered Chrysippus, who was their half-brother. Because of the murder, Hippodamia, Atreus, and Thyestes were...
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Τάνταλος Tántalos) was a prince of the south of Argolis as son of King Thyestes. He was the brother of Pleisthenes. An alternative genealogy makes him...
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sons of his twin brother Thyestes and fed them to Thyestes after discovering Thyestes' adultery with his wife Aerope. Thyestes fathered Aegisthus with...
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Thyestes was the mythical king of Olympia. Thyestes may also refer to: Thyestes (Euripides), a lost play of Euripides Thyestes (Seneca), a Roman tragedy...
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Πελόπεια), less commonly known as Mnesiphane, was the daughter of Thyestes. Thyestes had been fighting with his brother, Atreus, for the throne of Mycenae...
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Thyestes (Ancient Greek: Θυέστης) is a lost tragedy by Euripides. The play may have concerned the myth of Thyestes' seduction of Aerope, the wife of his...
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Aegisthus was the sole surviving son of Thyestes after Atreus killed his brother's children and served them to Thyestes in a meal. While Agamemnon laid siege...
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Atreus and Thyestes, killed their half brother, Chrysippus, who was his favorite son and was meant to inherit the kingdom; Atreus and Thyestes were banished...
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Thyestes, A Tragedy is a 1680 tragedy by the English writer John Crowne. It was originally staged by the King's Company at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane...
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London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1932. Seneca, Lucius Annaeus. "Seneca: Thyestes". Thyestes. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-186447-6. Catenaccio, Claire...
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the election of Thyestes should be reversed. The argument was heeded, and Atreus became king. His first move was to pursue Thyestes and all his family...
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While the wife of Atreus, she became the lover of his brother Thyestes, and gave Thyestes the golden lamb that allowed him to become king of Mycenae. Aerope's...
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Thyestes is an extinct genus of osteostracan agnathan vertebrate of Europe whose fossils are found in Middle to Late Ludlow-aged marine strata of Late...
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Pleisthenes (redirect from Pleisthenes (son of Thyestes))
his brother Tantalus, were the infant sons of Thyestes and Aerope, who Atreus killed and served to Thyestes at a banquet. Pleisthenes, the son of Menealus...
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Stoicism. As a tragedian, he is best known for plays such as his Medea, Thyestes, and Phaedra. Seneca had an immense influence on later generations—during...
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November 1985) Cottlesloe Theatre Thyestes (June 1994) Manchester Green Room, and Royal Court Theatre - As Thyestes The Murderers (1985) Cottesloe Theatre...
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favorable weather for climbing Thyestes. Mountains portal Geography of British Columbia Geology of British Columbia "Mount Thyestes". Bivouac.com. Retrieved...
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The race takes its name from the racehorse, Thyestes, named after a figure from Greek mythology. Thyestes, by The Tetrarch (out of Tetratema), was bred...
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Isanthrene thyestes is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1883. It is found in Ecuador. Savela, Markku (January 4...
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his brother Thyestes over the throne of Mycenae. After a back-and-forth struggle that featured adultery, incest, and cannibalism, Thyestes gained the throne...
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and Thucydides writes that he was killed out of jealousy by Atreus and Thyestes, his half-brothers, who cast him into a well. This is usually on their...
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Seneca, Hercules on Oeta in Tragedies, Volume II: Oedipus. Agamemnon. Thyestes. Hercules on Oeta. Octavia, edited and translated by John G. Fitch, Loeb...
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who invited his brother Thyestes to dine on a delicious stew, which had been prepared with the butchered flesh of Thyestes’s own sons. As a result, a...
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of exile, Thyestes is allowed to return to Mycenae. However, the conflict escalates when Atreus executes his revenge by tricking Thyestes into eating...
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Thyestes. Seneca's tragedies followed three main themes: the inconsistency of fortune (Troades), stories of crime and the evils of murder (Thyestes)...
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Best Leading Actor for Thyestes (Belvoir Street Theatre) 2012 Sydney Theatre Awards Nomination: Best New Australian Work for Thyestes (Belvoir Street Theatre)...
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and her subsequent rape and forced marriage). Aegisthus saw his father Thyestes betrayed by Agamemnon's father Atreus (Aegisthus was conceived specifically...
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further exiled herself to Midea. Atreus and Thyestes quarrelled for the throne of Mycenae: first, Thyestes gained it after Atreus' wife, Aerope, gave a...
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