Thyestes
Publié le 22/02/2012
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Greek Son of Pelops and Hippodameia;
brother of Atreus; father of Aegisthus by his
own daughter, Pelopia.
Thyestes and Atreus, rivals since childhood, were
the victims of the curse made upon their house by
the actions of their father, Pelops. (See also under
Atreus and Thyestes.)
Thyestes ruled for a short time as king of Mycenae,
one of the most important cities of ancient Greece,
with Aegisthus as his heir, but he was eventually driven
out by Agamemnon and Aegisthus was deposed.