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  • <span class="a type-6580" data-type_id="6580" data-object_id="11320331" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6580_11320331">πŸ›οΈ the Hall (fictional) </span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-11352" data-type_id="11352" data-object_id="11321465" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-11352_11321465">🎨 Wall Painting of Orestes, Aigisthos, Pylades and sons of Nauplios in the Propylaia, Athens, by Polygnotos (LIMC Aigisthos 14)</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-11352" data-type_id="11352" data-object_id="11329946" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-11352_11329946">🎨 Painting of Orestes killing Clytaimnestra and Aigisthos by Theoros (LIMC Aigisthos 26)</span>
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    son of Thyestes
    Son of
    πŸ‘€ Thyestes (Mycenaean) son of PelopsApollodoros, EpitomeMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Homer, OdysseyEpicHomerGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)D-Scholia, IliadD-ScholiaLate Imperial (ca. 235-330 CE)Aeschylus, AgamemnonTragedy & SatyrAeschylusEarly Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in AtticaAeschylusEuripides, ElectraEuripidesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)EuripidesπŸ‘€ Pelopeia (Mycenaean) daughter of ThyestesApollodoros, EpitomeMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)
    Descendant of
    πŸ‘€ Pelops (Pisan) son of Tantalos, eponym of the PeloponneseSophocles, ElectraTragedy & SatyrSophoclesGreekMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in AtticaSophocles
    Father of
    πŸ‘€ Erigone (Mycenaean) daughter of Aigisthos and ClytaimnestraApollodoros, EpitomeMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)PausaniasGeographyPausaniasCinaithonEpicCinaithonGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)Early Archaic (ca. 700-620 BCE)Middle Archaic (ca. 620-560 BCE)Late Archaic (ca. 560-479 BCE)βš’οΈ Parian Chronicle (Ashmolean 449945; IG XII, 5, 444; PHI 77668)Early Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)🌍 Paros (island) island in the Aegean, one of the CycladesExclude material sources that MANTO has not ascertained is held in accordance with UNESCO ConventionAshmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, OxfordΞ‘ΟΟ‡Ξ±ΞΉΞΏΞ»ΞΏΞ³ΞΉΞΊΟŒ ΞœΞΏΟ…ΟƒΞ΅Ξ―ΞΏ Πάρου / Archaeological Museum of Paros, ParikiaSophocles, ElectraTragedy & SatyrSophoclesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in AtticaSophocles
    Husband of
    πŸ‘€ Clytaimnestra wife of AgamemnonHomer, OdysseyEpicHomerGreekGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)Sophocles, ElectraTragedy & SatyrSophoclesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in AtticaSophoclesHesiodHesiodHesiodEuripides, ElectraEuripidesEuripides
    Has children with
    πŸ‘€ Clytaimnestra wife of AgamemnonApollodoros, EpitomeMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)βš’οΈ Parian Chronicle (Ashmolean 449945; IG XII, 5, 444; PHI 77668)Early Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)🌍 Paros (island) island in the Aegean, one of the CycladesExclude material sources that MANTO has not ascertained is held in accordance with UNESCO ConventionAshmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, OxfordΞ‘ΟΟ‡Ξ±ΞΉΞΏΞ»ΞΏΞ³ΞΉΞΊΟŒ ΞœΞΏΟ…ΟƒΞ΅Ξ―ΞΏ Πάρου / Archaeological Museum of Paros, ParikiaSophocles, ElectraTragedy & SatyrSophoclesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in AtticaSophocles
    Ruler of
    🌍 Mycenae (Argolid) city in the ArgolidHomer, OdysseyEpicHomerGreekGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)Diodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyDiodorosLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)Aeschylus, AgamemnonTragedy & SatyrAeschylusEarly Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in AtticaAeschylusEuripides, ElectraEuripidesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)EuripidesApollodoros, EpitomeApollodorosEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Sophocles, ElectraSophoclesSophocles
    Kills
    πŸ‘€ Atreus son of Pelops, father of Agamemnon and MenelaosApollodoros, EpitomeMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)πŸ‘€ Agamemnon commander of all Greek forces at TroyApollodoros, EpitomeMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Homer, OdysseyEpicHomerGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)Hesiod, EhoiaiHesiodHesiodSophocles, ElectraTragedy & SatyrSophoclesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in AtticaSophocles NostoiEarly Archaic (ca. 700-620 BCE)Middle Archaic (ca. 620-560 BCE)Late Archaic (ca. 560-479 BCE)D-Scholia, IliadD-ScholiaLate Imperial (ca. 235-330 CE)🎨 Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1654)WeaponryExclude material sources that MANTO has not ascertained is held in accordance with UNESCO Convention🌍 Corinth (Argolid) city in the Argolid🌍 Argos (city) city in the Peloponnese🌍 Olympia (Elis) home of the Olympic GamesΞ‘ΟΟ‡Ξ±ΞΉΞΏΞ»ΞΏΞ³ΞΉΞΊΟŒ ΞœΞΏΟ…ΟƒΞ΅Ξ―ΞΏ ΞŸΞ»Ο…ΞΌΟ€Ξ―Ξ±Ο‚ / Archaeological Museum, OlympiaEuripides, ElectraEuripidesEuripidesPausaniasGeographyPausaniasπŸ‘€ Cassandra a prophet never believed, daughter of Priam and HecabePausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Apollodoros, EpitomeMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)πŸ‘€ Teledamos son of Cassandra and AgamemnonPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)πŸ‘€ Pelops (Mycenaean) son of Cassandra and AgamemnonPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)πŸ‘₯ the Companions of Agamemnon who accompany Agamemnon from Troy and are killed with him at MycenaePausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)πŸ‘€ Eurymedon (Mycenaean) charioteer of AgamemnonPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)
    Dies at
    🌍 Mycenae (Argolid) city in the ArgolidApollodoros, EpitomeMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Sophocles, ElectraTragedy & SatyrSophoclesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in AtticaSophoclesHomer, OdysseyEpicHomerGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)Lucian, The HallLucianLucianEuripides, ElectraEuripidesEuripides🌍 Amyclai (Laconia) city and cult site in Laconia, near SpartaPindar, Pythian 11PindarGreekEarly Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in BoiotiaPindar
    Killed by
    πŸ‘€ Orestes (s. of Agamemnon) son of Agamemnon and ClytaimnestraApollodoros, EpitomeMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)PausaniasGeographyPausaniasHomer, OdysseyEpicHomerGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)Sophocles, ElectraTragedy & SatyrSophoclesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in AtticaSophocles NostoiEarly Archaic (ca. 700-620 BCE)Middle Archaic (ca. 620-560 BCE)Late Archaic (ca. 560-479 BCE)Pindar, Pythian 11PindarEarly Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in BoiotiaPindar🎨 Lucanian Red-Figure Pelike attributed to the Vaste Painter (Logie 156.73; LIMC Aigisthos 15)VesselLate Classical (ca. 400-330 BCE)Exclude material sources that MANTO has not ascertained is held in accordance with UNESCO Convention🌍 Lucania (Italy) region of southern ItalyJames Logie Memorial Collection, University of Canterbury🎨 Fragment of Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Met 28.57.8a–d)Funerary ContainerThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Cityβš’οΈ Parian Chronicle (Ashmolean 449945; IG XII, 5, 444; PHI 77668)Early Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)🌍 Paros (island) island in the Aegean, one of the CycladesAshmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, OxfordΞ‘ΟΟ‡Ξ±ΞΉΞΏΞ»ΞΏΞ³ΞΉΞΊΟŒ ΞœΞΏΟ…ΟƒΞ΅Ξ―ΞΏ Πάρου / Archaeological Museum of Paros, Parikia🎨 Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1801; LIMC Achilleus 376)Weaponry🌍 Corinth (Argolid) city in the Argolid🌍 Argos (city) city in the Peloponnese🌍 Olympia (Elis) home of the Olympic GamesΞ‘ΟΟ‡Ξ±ΞΉΞΏΞ»ΞΏΞ³ΞΉΞΊΟŒ ΞœΞΏΟ…ΟƒΞ΅Ξ―ΞΏ ΞŸΞ»Ο…ΞΌΟ€Ξ―Ξ±Ο‚ / Archaeological Museum, Olympia🎨 Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B988; LIMC Achilleus 376)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B8405; LIMC Aigisthos 5)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B4809)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B4962; LIMC Achilleus 376)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1802)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from the Sanctuary of Poseidon, Isthmia (LIMC Aigisthos 3)🌍 Isthmia (Argolid) site of the Isthmian Games🎨 Fragments of Gilded Silver Diadem (Getty 83.AM.343)Jewelry🌍 Italy large peninsula in the MediterraneanJ. Paul Getty Museum, MalibuEuripides, ElectraEuripidesEuripidesPliny, Natural HistoryPlinyLatinLucian, The HallLucianLucianPs-Lucian, Affairs of the HeartPs-LucianLate Antiquity (ca. 306-610 CE)Late Imperial (ca. 235-330 CE)Ps-Lucian🎨 Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Gregoriano Profano 10450; ASR II, no. 155, pl. 54)🌍 Rome (Italy) city in ItalyMuseo Gregoriano Profano, Musei Vaticani, Vatican CityπŸ‘€ Pylades son of StrophiosLucian, The HallLucianGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)LucianPs-Lucian, Affairs of the HeartPs-LucianLate Antiquity (ca. 306-610 CE)Late Imperial (ca. 235-330 CE)Ps-Lucian🎨 Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Gregoriano Profano 10450; ASR II, no. 155, pl. 54)Funerary ContainerExclude material sources that MANTO has not ascertained is held in accordance with UNESCO Convention🌍 Rome (Italy) city in ItalyMuseo Gregoriano Profano, Musei Vaticani, Vatican City
    Buried at
    πŸ›οΈ the Tomb of Aigisthos (Mycenae) at MycenaeEuripides, ElectraTragedy & SatyrEuripidesGreekMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in AtticaEuripides
    Has post-mortem existence at
    🌍 the Underworld realm of Hades🎨 Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Gregoriano Profano 10450; ASR II, no. 155, pl. 54)Funerary ContainerMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Exclude material sources that MANTO has not ascertained is held in accordance with UNESCO Convention🌍 Rome (Italy) city in ItalyMuseo Gregoriano Profano, Musei Vaticani, Vatican City
    Related Entities
    πŸ‘€ Aerope (Argive) β€‚πŸ‘€ Agamemnon β€‚πŸ‘€ Aigialeia (Argive) β€‚πŸ‘€ Aphrodite β€‚πŸ‘€ Ares β€‚πŸ‘€ Atreus β€‚πŸ‘€ Cassandra β€‚πŸ‘€ Castor (Spartan) β€‚πŸ‘€ Chrysothemis (Mycenaean) β€‚πŸ‘€ Clytaimnestra β€‚πŸ‘€ Diomedes (Argive I) β€‚πŸ‘€ Electra (Mycenaean) β€‚πŸ‘€ Erigone (Mycenaean)  πŸ‘₯ the Erinyes β€‚πŸ‘€ Zeus (Olympian) β€‚πŸŒ the Underworld β€‚πŸ‘€ Hermes β€‚πŸ‘€ Iphigeneia β€‚πŸ‘€ Pelops (Pisan) β€‚πŸ‘€ Orestes (s. of Agamemnon) β€‚πŸ‘€ Palamedes β€‚πŸ‘€ Polydeuces (Spartan) β€‚πŸ‘€ Nausimedon β€‚πŸ‘€ Oiax β€‚πŸ‘€ Pylades β€‚πŸ‘€ Strophios (Phocian I) β€‚πŸ‘€ Tantalos (Argive) β€‚πŸ‘€ Thyestes (Mycenaean) β€‚πŸΊ the Scepter of Agamemnon β€‚πŸŒ the Areiopagos (Athens) β€‚πŸŒ Mycenae (Argolid) β€‚πŸ‘€ Pelopeia (Mycenaean) β€‚πŸŒ Phocis β€‚πŸŒ Argos (city) β€‚πŸ‘€ Panopeus (eponym) β€‚πŸŒ Crisa (Phocis) β€‚πŸŒ Amyclai (Laconia) β€‚πŸ‘€ Eurymedon (Mycenaean) β€‚πŸ‘€ Pelops (Mycenaean) β€‚πŸ‘€ Teledamos β€‚πŸ‘€ Charon (boatman) β€‚πŸ›οΈ the Tomb of Agamemnon (Mycenae) β€‚πŸ›οΈ the Tomb of Aigisthos (Mycenae) β€‚πŸŒ the Oracle of Apollo at Delphiβ€‚πŸ‘€ Nauplios (f. of Palamedes) β€‚πŸ‘€ Guard of Clytaimnestra (name unknown)β€‚πŸ›οΈ the House of Aigisthos (Mycenae)β€‚πŸ‘€ Servant of Agamemnon (name unknown) β€‚πŸ‘€ Watchman of Mycenae (name unknown) β€‚πŸ‘€ Mestor (s. of Aias)β€‚πŸ‘€ Alcmeon β€‚πŸ‘€ Argeios (comp. of Aigisthos) β€‚πŸ‘€ Antiochos (Mycenaean II) β€‚πŸ‘€ Companion of Agamemnon (name unknown)β€‚πŸΊ the Cloak of Agamemnon  πŸ‘₯ the Sons of Thyestes  πŸ‘₯ the Companions of Agamemnon β€‚πŸ‘€ Husband of Electra (name unknown)
    Mentioned by
    πŸ“– Apollodoros, Epitome 2.14β€‚πŸ“– Apollodoros, Epitome 6.23β€‚πŸ“– Apollodoros, Epitome 6.25β€‚πŸ“– Pausanias 1.22.6β€‚πŸ“– Pausanias 2.18.2β€‚πŸ“– Pausanias 2.18.6β€‚πŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 1.26-1.43β€‚πŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 3.184-3.200β€‚πŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 3.262-3.275β€‚πŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 3.304-3.312β€‚πŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 4.512-4.547β€‚πŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 11.385-11.466β€‚πŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 24.35-24.97β€‚πŸ“– Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 19 Mostβ€‚πŸ“– Pausanias 2.16.6-2.16.7β€‚πŸ“– Apollodoros, Epitome 6.7-6.11β€‚πŸ“– Apollodoros, Epitome 6.24-6.25β€‚πŸ“– Sophocles, Electra 1-22β€‚πŸ“– Sophocles, Electra 23-75β€‚πŸ“– Sophocles, Electra 77-115β€‚πŸ“– Sophocles, Electra 254-305β€‚πŸ“– Sophocles, Electra 372-430β€‚πŸ“– Sophocles, Electra 552-591β€‚πŸ“– Sophocles, Electra 626-655β€‚πŸ“– Sophocles, Electra 1442-1510β€‚πŸ“– Hesiod fr. 247 Mostβ€‚πŸ“– Nostoi fr. 10 Westβ€‚πŸ“– Nostoi Argumentum 5 Westβ€‚πŸ“– Cinaithon fr. 4 Westβ€‚πŸ“– Lucian, The Hall 23β€‚πŸ“– Lucian, The Dance 67β€‚πŸ“– Ps-Lucian, Affairs of the Heart 47β€‚πŸ“– Ps-Lucian, The Patriot 16β€‚πŸ“– Pindar, Pythian 11 1-37β€‚πŸ“– D-Scholia, Iliad 1.7β€‚πŸ“– Strabo 1.2.3β€‚πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 7.1.1-7.4.4β€‚πŸ“– Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1343-1447β€‚πŸ“– Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1567-1632β€‚πŸ“– Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1654-1670β€‚πŸ“– Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1035-1320β€‚πŸ“– Euripides, Electra 1-53β€‚πŸ“– Euripides, Electra 300-400β€‚πŸ“– Euripides, Electra 747-858β€‚πŸ“– Euripides, Electra 1232-1291β€‚πŸ“– Pliny, Natural History 35.144β€‚βš’οΈ Parian Chronicle (Ashmolean 449945; IG XII, 5, 444; PHI 77668)
    Mentioned in Text
    Apollodoros, Epitome  Nostoi Homer, Odyssey Pausanias Hesiod Cinaithon Hesiod, Ehoiai Sophocles, Electra Strabo Lucian, The Hall Lucian, The Dance Ps-Lucian, Affairs of the Heart Ps-Lucian, The Patriot Pindar, Pythian 11 Diodoros, Library D-Scholia, Iliad Aeschylus, Agamemnon Euripides, Electra Pliny, Natural History
    Mentioned in citation of
    πŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 3.262-3.275β€‚πŸ“– Homer, Iliad 1.33-1.42β€‚πŸ“– Cinaithon fr. 4 West
    Depictions
    🎨 Lucanian Red-Figure Pelike attributed to the Vaste Painter (Logie 156.73; LIMC Aigisthos 15)β€‚πŸŽ¨ Fragment of Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Met 28.57.8a–d)β€‚πŸŽ¨ Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Gregoriano Profano 10450; ASR II, no. 155, pl. 54)β€‚πŸŽ¨ Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1801; LIMC Achilleus 376)β€‚πŸŽ¨ Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B988; LIMC Achilleus 376)β€‚πŸŽ¨ Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1654)β€‚πŸŽ¨ Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B4809)β€‚πŸŽ¨ Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B8405; LIMC Aigisthos 5)β€‚πŸŽ¨ Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1802)β€‚πŸŽ¨ Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B4962; LIMC Achilleus 376)β€‚πŸŽ¨ Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from the Sanctuary of Poseidon, Isthmia (LIMC Aigisthos 3)β€‚πŸŽ¨ Fragments of Gilded Silver Diadem (Getty 83.AM.343)
    Reported depictions
    πŸ›οΈ the Hall (fictional) β€‚πŸŽ¨ Wall Painting of Orestes, Aigisthos, Pylades and sons of Nauplios in the Propylaia, Athens, by Polygnotos (LIMC Aigisthos 14)β€‚πŸŽ¨ Painting of Orestes killing Clytaimnestra and Aigisthos by Theoros (LIMC Aigisthos 26)
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