Geni does not allow isolated trees to be merged into the World Family Tree, or other trees. Atreus in his enmity towards his brother sent Aegisthus to kill him; but the sword which Aegisthus carried was the cause of the recognition between Thyestes and his son, and the latter returned and slew his uncle Atreus, while he was offering a sacrifice on the seacoast. Aschylus (525-456 BCE) used this theme for his trilogy of tragedies Oristeia, and Richard Strauss used it to compose his famous musical drama Elektra. In Greek mythology, Aegisthus (Αἴγισθος) was the son of Thyestes and of Thyestes' daughter, Pelopia. This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain. Agamemnon had his four children, Orestes, Electra, Iphigenia, and Chrysothemis, with Clytemnastra. King Agamemnon, more commonly known as Agamemnon (Ancient Greek: Ἀγαμέμνων; Modern Greek: Αγαμέμνονας, "very steadfast"), was the king of Mycenae and Argos in Southern Greece. Some versions of the myth say that Clytemnastra or Aegisthus solely killed him while in another they both do the killing. After the capture of Troy, Cassandra, doomed prophetess and daughter of Priam, fell to Agamemnon's lot in the distribution of the prizes of war. In revenge, Atreus killed Thyestes' sons and served them to him unknowingly.
After Tyndareus, Menelaus took control of the Spartan throne while Agamemnon had successfully drove out Aegisthus and Thyestes with Menelaus's help. Preparing for departure from Aulis, a port in Boeotia, Agamemnon's army incurred the wrath of the goddess Artemis. He was the son of Atreus and Aerope, the brother of Menelaus, the spouse of Clytaemnestra, and the father of Electra, Iphigenia, Chrysothemis, and Orestes. In the night in which Pelopia had shared the bed of her father, she had taken from him his sword which she afterwards gave to Aegisthus. He vowed revenge on Atreus' children and successfully murdered Atreus restoring his father's rule. Thyestes felt he had been deprived of the Mycenean throne unfairly by his brother, Atreus. After a decade of fighting in Troy, Agamemnon returned home and was murdered by Clytemnastra and her new lover, Aegisthus, his cousin and the killer of Atreus. Aegisthus and his father now took possession of their lawful inheritance from which they had been expelled by Atreus. Brother of Aegisthos of Mycenae; Pelopia and Private Plague and a lack of wind prevented his army from sailing. Homer appears to know nothing of all these tragic occurrences, and we learn from him only that, after the death of Thyestes, Aegisthus ruled as king at Mycenae and took no part in the Trojan expedition. n. Greek Mythology The son of Thyestes and lover of Clytemnestra. He reclaimed his father's throne and, through conquest, had become the most powerful Greek ruler.
He took the field himself, and performed many heroic deeds until he was wounded and forced to withdraw to his tent. Atreus, the father of Agamemnon, murdered the children of his twin brother Thyestes and fed them to him after discovering Thyestes' adultery with his wife, Aerope. Thyestes and his daughter had a child named Aegisthus. There are several reasons for this: Artemis is angry for the young men who will die at war in Troy, Artemis is angry due to Agamemnon slaying a sacred animal of Artemis, or that he boasted that he was equal in hunting. Eventually, the prophet Calchas says that the sacrifice of his daughter, Iphigenia, will allow him to sail for Troy. This sword became the means by which the incestuous intercourse between her and her father was discovered, whereupon she put an end to her own life.
When Paris of Troy took Helen back to Troy with him, Menelaus sought Agamemnon's help in retrieving her. After this event Aegisthus reigned seven years longer over Mycenae, until in the eighth Orestes, the son of Agamemnon, returned home and avenged the death of his father by putting the adulterer to death. The two battled back and forth several times. Aegisthus and his father now took possession of their lawful inheritance from which they had been expelled by Atreus.2, Homer appears to know nothing of all these tragic occurrences, and we learn from him only that, after the death of Thyestes, Aegisthus ruled as king at Mycenae and took no part in the Trojan expedition.3, While Agamemnon, the son of Atreus, was absent on his expedition against Troy, Aegisthus seduced Clytemnestra, the wife of Agamemnon, and was so wicked as to offer up thanks to the gods for the success with which his criminal exertions were crowned.4 In order not to be surprised by the return of Agamemnon, he sent out spies, and when Agamemnon came, Aegisthus invited him to a repast at which he had him treacherously murdered.5 After this event Aegisthus reigned seven years longer over Mycenae, until in the eighth Orestes, the son of Agamemnon, returned home and avenged the death of his father by putting the adulterer to death.6. Atreus, the father of Agamemnon, murdered the children of his twin brother Thyestes and fed them to him after discovering Thyestes' adultery with his wife, Aerope. Agamemnon, in some versions, willingly sacrifices his daughter and sets sail; whereas in other versions, prepares to sacrifice Iphigenia, but Artemis replaces her with a deer at the last minute. 3.
Aegisthus saw his father Thyestes betrayed by Agamemnon's father Atreus (Aegisthus was conceived specifically to take revenge on that branch of the family).
His chief fault was his overwhelming haughtiness; an over-exalted opinion of his position that led him to insult Chryses and Achilles, thereby bringing great disaster upon the Greeks. After eating his own sons' corpses, Thyestes asked an oracle how best to gain revenge. Agamemnon was the commander-in-chief of the Achaean (Greek) army during the Trojan War. Agamemnon, who wanted to conqueror Troy, lead a coalition of Greek kingdoms to attack Troy. In the latter, she is said to have been whisked away to Taurus in Crimea where she became the goddess Hecate, according to the Greek writer Hesiod.
When Aegisthus was born, his mother was ashamed of her incestuous act.
The Iliad tells os the story of the quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles in the tenth and last year of the war. Aegisthus and Thyestes thereafter ruled over Mycenae jointly, exiling Atreus' sons, Agamemnon and Menelaus to Sparta, where King Tyndareus gave the pair his daughters, Clytemnestra and Helen, to take as wives. She abandoned him and he was raised by shepherds and suckled by a goat, hence his name Aegisthus (from αἴξ, buck). A son of Thyestes, who unwittingly begot him by his own daughter Pelopia. During the fighting, Agamemnon killed Antiphus, a son of Priam, and 15 other Trojan soldiers. https://mythology.wikia.org/wiki/Agamemnon?oldid=101744. Greek: Αἴγισθος, Son (murdered by Atreus, eaten by Thyestes) of Mycenae. In addition, Thyestes had an affair with Atreus' wife, Aerope. Agamemnon and his brother, Menelaus, took refuge with the King of Sparta, Tyndareus.
Article created on Sunday, July 19, 1998. Aegisthus and Thyestes thereafter ruled over Mycenae jointly, exiling Atreus' sons, Agamemnon and Menelaus to Sparta, where King Tyndareus gave the pair his daughters, Clytemnestra and Helen, to take as wives.
Half brother of Son (murdered by Atreus, eaten by Thyestes) of Mycenae and Pelopia of Mycenae. Achilles, the greatest warrior of the age, withdrew from battle in revenge and nearly cost the Greek armies the war. Aegisthus and his father now took possession of their lawful inheritance from which they had been expelled by Atreus. Agamemnon's family history had been marred by rape, murder, incest, and treachery, consequences of the heinous crime perpetrated by their ancestor, Tantalus, and then of a curse placed upon Pelops, son of Tantalus, by Myrtilus, whom he had murdered. Immediately after his birth he was exposed by his mother, but was found and saved by shepherds and suckled by a goat, whence his name Aegisthus (from αἴξ).1 Subsequently he was searched after and found by Atreus, the brother of Thyestes, who had him educated as his own child, so that every body believed Aegisthus to be his son. Clytemnestra was then killed by her son, Orestes, with the help of his sister Electra, in revenge for his father’s murder. Aegisthus and his father now took possession of their lawful inheritance from which they had been expelled by Atreus. Aegisthus was the apparent lover in the triangle who killed Agamemnon in order to establish an intimate relationship with his wife.
Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. He vowed revenge on Atreus' children and successfully murdered Atreus restoring his father's rule.
Agamemnon took an attractive slave, as a prize, Briseis, from Achilles. She took Aegisthus as her lover while Agamemnon was away at war. Cassandra was then taken as a concubine by King Agamemnon of Mycenae. In the night in which Pelopia had shared the bed of her father, she had taken from him his sword which she afterwards gave to Aegisthus. Aegisthus synonyms, Aegisthus pronunciation, Aegisthus translation, English dictionary definition of Aegisthus. Although not the equal of Achilles in bravery, Agamemnon was a representative of kingly authority. When Menelaus's wife, Helen, was abducted by the Trojan prince Paris, Agamemnon commanded an army of Greek warriors with Menelaus that invaded Troy, as told in the Iliad.
The advice was to father a son with his own daughter, Pelopia, and that son would kill Atreus. Unbeknownst to Agamemnon, while he was away at war, his wife, Clytemnestra, had begun an affair with Aegisthus. This sword became the means by which the incestuous intercourse between her and her father was discovered, whereupon she put an end to her own life. Upon his return, Clytemnestra and Aegisthus murdered Agamemnon. He appears later as a shade in the Land of the Dead where Odysseus comes to in the Odyssey, and warns Odysseus likewise to not create a big show on his own return to Ithaca, telling him that wives of the Achaeans can't be trusted, for fear that Penelopê his wife might have turned against Odysseus during the twenty years of him being gone at Troy and would slay him as Clytaemnestra did to Agamemnon.