- Information
- son of Thyestes
- Son of
π€ Thyestes (Mycenaean) son of Pelops
Apollodoros, 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)π Athens (Attica) city in Attica
AeschylusEuripides, ElectraEuripidesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)Euripidesπ€ Pelopeia (Mycenaean) daughter of Thyestes
Apollodoros, EpitomeMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)
- Descendant of
π€ Pelops (Pisan) son of Tantalos, eponym of the Peloponnese
Sophocles, ElectraTragedy & SatyrSophoclesGreekMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)π Athens (Attica) city in Attica
Sophocles
- Father of
π€ Erigone (Mycenaean) daughter of Aigisthos and Clytaimnestra
Apollodoros, 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)βοΈ Parian Chronicle (Ashmolean 449945; IG XII, 5, 444; PHI 77668)Early Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)π Paros (island) island in the Aegean, one of the Cyclades
Exclude material sources that MANTO has not ascertained is held in accordance with UNESCO ConventionAshmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, OxfordΞΟΟΞ±ΞΉΞΏΞ»ΞΏΞ³ΞΉΞΊΟ ΞΞΏΟ
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/ Archaeological Museum of Paros, ParikiaSophocles, ElectraTragedy & SatyrSophoclesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)π Athens (Attica) city in Attica
Sophocles
- Husband of
π€ Clytaimnestra wife of Agamemnon
Homer, OdysseyEpicHomerGreekGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)Sophocles, ElectraTragedy & SatyrSophoclesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)π Athens (Attica) city in Attica
SophoclesHesiodHesiodHesiodEuripides, ElectraEuripidesEuripides
- Has children with
π€ Clytaimnestra wife of Agamemnon
Apollodoros, EpitomeMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)βοΈ Parian Chronicle (Ashmolean 449945; IG XII, 5, 444; PHI 77668)Early Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)π Paros (island) island in the Aegean, one of the Cyclades
Exclude material sources that MANTO has not ascertained is held in accordance with UNESCO ConventionAshmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, OxfordΞΟΟΞ±ΞΉΞΏΞ»ΞΏΞ³ΞΉΞΊΟ ΞΞΏΟ
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/ Archaeological Museum of Paros, ParikiaSophocles, ElectraTragedy & SatyrSophoclesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)π Athens (Attica) city in Attica
Sophocles
- Ruler of
π Mycenae (Argolid) city in the Argolid
Homer, OdysseyEpicHomerGreekGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)Diodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyDiodorosLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)Aeschylus, AgamemnonTragedy & SatyrAeschylusEarly Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)π Athens (Attica) city in Attica
AeschylusEuripides, ElectraEuripidesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)EuripidesApollodoros, EpitomeApollodorosEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Sophocles, ElectraSophoclesSophocles
- Kills
π€ Atreus son of Pelops, father of Agamemnon and Menelaos
Apollodoros, EpitomeMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)π€ Agamemnon commander of all Greek forces at Troy
Apollodoros, 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)π Athens (Attica) city in Attica
Sophocles 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)π¨ Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1654)WeaponryExclude material sources that MANTO has not ascertained is held in accordance with UNESCO Conventionπ Corinth (Argolid) city in the Argolid
π Argos (city) city in the Peloponnese
π Olympia (Elis) home of the Olympic Games
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ΞΌΟΞ―Ξ±Ο / Archaeological Museum, OlympiaEuripides, ElectraEuripidesEuripidesPausaniasGeographyPausaniasπ€ Cassandra a prophet never believed, daughter of Priam and Hecabe
PausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Apollodoros, EpitomeMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)π€ Teledamos son of Cassandra and Agamemnon
PausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)π€ Pelops (Mycenaean) son of Cassandra and Agamemnon
PausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)π₯ the Companions of Agamemnon who accompany Agamemnon from Troy and are killed with him at Mycenae
PausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)π€ Eurymedon (Mycenaean) charioteer of Agamemnon
PausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)
- Dies at
π Mycenae (Argolid) city in the Argolid
Apollodoros, EpitomeMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Sophocles, ElectraTragedy & SatyrSophoclesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)π Athens (Attica) city in Attica
SophoclesHomer, OdysseyEpicHomerGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)Lucian, The HallLucianLucianEuripides, ElectraEuripidesEuripidesπ Amyclai (Laconia) city and cult site in Laconia, near Sparta
Pindar, Pythian 11PindarGreekEarly Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)π Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia
Pindar
- Killed by
π€ Orestes (s. of Agamemnon) son of Agamemnon and Clytaimnestra
Apollodoros, 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)π Athens (Attica) city in Attica
Sophocles 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)π Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia
Pindarπ¨ 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 Conventionπ Lucania (Italy) region of southern Italy
James Logie Memorial Collection, University of Canterburyπ¨ Fragment of Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Met 28.57.8aβd)Funerary ContainerThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York CityβοΈ Parian Chronicle (Ashmolean 449945; IG XII, 5, 444; PHI 77668)Early Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)π Paros (island) island in the Aegean, one of the Cyclades
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, OxfordΞΟΟΞ±ΞΉΞΏΞ»ΞΏΞ³ΞΉΞΊΟ ΞΞΏΟ
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/ Archaeological Museum of Paros, Parikiaπ¨ Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1801; LIMC Achilleus 376)Weaponryπ Corinth (Argolid) city in the Argolid
π Argos (city) city in the Peloponnese
π Olympia (Elis) home of the Olympic Games
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ΞΌΟΞ―Ξ±Ο / Archaeological Museum, Olympiaπ¨ Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B988; LIMC Achilleus 376)π¨ Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B8405; LIMC Aigisthos 5)π¨ Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B4809)π¨ Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B4962; LIMC Achilleus 376)π¨ Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1802)π¨ Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from the Sanctuary of Poseidon, Isthmia (LIMC Aigisthos 3)π Isthmia (Argolid) site of the Isthmian Games
π¨ Fragments of Gilded Silver Diadem (Getty 83.AM.343)Jewelryπ Italy large peninsula in the Mediterranean
J. 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-Lucianπ¨ Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Gregoriano Profano 10450; ASR II, no. 155, pl. 54)π Rome (Italy) city in Italy
Museo Gregoriano Profano, Musei Vaticani, Vatican Cityπ€ Pylades son of Strophios
Lucian, 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-Lucianπ¨ 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 Conventionπ Rome (Italy) city in Italy
Museo Gregoriano Profano, Musei Vaticani, Vatican City
- Buried at
ποΈ the Tomb of Aigisthos (Mycenae) at Mycenae
Euripides, ElectraTragedy & SatyrEuripidesGreekMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)π Athens (Attica) city in Attica
Euripides
- Has post-mortem existence at
π the Underworld realm of Hades
π¨ 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 Conventionπ Rome (Italy) city in Italy
Museo Gregoriano Profano, Musei Vaticani, Vatican City
- Related Entities
- π€ Aerope (Argive) βπ€ Agamemnon βπ€ Aigialeia (Argive) βπ€ Aphrodite βπ€ Ares βπ€ Atreus βπ€ Cassandra βπ€ Castor (Spartan) βπ€ Chrysothemis (Mycenaean) βπ€ Clytaimnestra βπ€ Diomedes (Argive I) βπ€ Electra (Mycenaean) βπ€ Erigone (Mycenaean) βπ₯ the Erinyes βπ€ Zeus (Olympian) βπ the Underworld βπ€ Hermes βπ€ Iphigeneia βπ€ Pelops (Pisan) βπ€ Orestes (s. of Agamemnon) βπ€ Palamedes βπ€ Polydeuces (Spartan) βπ€ Nausimedon βπ€ Oiax βπ€ Pylades βπ€ Strophios (Phocian I) βπ€ Tantalos (Argive) βπ€ Thyestes (Mycenaean) βπΊ the Scepter of Agamemnon βπ the Areiopagos (Athens) βπ Mycenae (Argolid) βπ€ Pelopeia (Mycenaean) βπ Phocis βπ Argos (city) βπ€ Panopeus (eponym) βπ Crisa (Phocis) βπ Amyclai (Laconia) βπ€ Eurymedon (Mycenaean) βπ€ Pelops (Mycenaean) βπ€ Teledamos βπ€ Charon (boatman) βποΈ the Tomb of Agamemnon (Mycenae) βποΈ the Tomb of Aigisthos (Mycenae) βπ the Oracle of Apollo at Delphiβπ€ Nauplios (f. of Palamedes) βπ€ Guard of Clytaimnestra (name unknown)βποΈ the House of Aigisthos (Mycenae)βπ€ Servant of Agamemnon (name unknown) βπ€ Watchman of Mycenae (name unknown) βπ€ Mestor (s. of Aias)βπ€ Alcmeon βπ€ Argeios (comp. of Aigisthos) βπ€ Antiochos (Mycenaean II) βπ€ Companion of Agamemnon (name unknown)βπΊ the Cloak of Agamemnon βπ₯ the Sons of Thyestes βπ₯ the Companions of Agamemnon βπ€ Husband of Electra (name unknown)
- Mentioned by
- π Apollodoros, Epitome 2.14βπ Apollodoros, Epitome 6.23βπ Apollodoros, Epitome 6.25βπ Pausanias 1.22.6βπ Pausanias 2.18.2βπ Pausanias 2.18.6βπ Homer, Odyssey 1.26-1.43βπ Homer, Odyssey 3.184-3.200βπ Homer, Odyssey 3.262-3.275βπ Homer, Odyssey 3.304-3.312βπ Homer, Odyssey 4.512-4.547βπ Homer, Odyssey 11.385-11.466βπ Homer, Odyssey 24.35-24.97βπ Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 19 Mostβπ Pausanias 2.16.6-2.16.7βπ Apollodoros, Epitome 6.7-6.11βπ Apollodoros, Epitome 6.24-6.25βπ Sophocles, Electra 1-22βπ Sophocles, Electra 23-75βπ Sophocles, Electra 77-115βπ Sophocles, Electra 254-305βπ Sophocles, Electra 372-430βπ Sophocles, Electra 552-591βπ Sophocles, Electra 626-655βπ Sophocles, Electra 1442-1510βπ Hesiod fr. 247 Mostβπ Nostoi fr. 10 Westβπ Nostoi Argumentum 5 Westβπ Cinaithon fr. 4 Westβπ Lucian, The Hall 23βπ Lucian, The Dance 67βπ Ps-Lucian, Affairs of the Heart 47βπ Ps-Lucian, The Patriot 16βπ Pindar, Pythian 11 1-37βπ D-Scholia, Iliad 1.7βπ Strabo 1.2.3βπ Diodoros, Library 7.1.1-7.4.4βπ Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1343-1447βπ Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1567-1632βπ Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1654-1670βπ Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1035-1320βπ Euripides, Electra 1-53βπ Euripides, Electra 300-400βπ Euripides, Electra 747-858βπ Euripides, Electra 1232-1291βπ Pliny, Natural History 35.144ββοΈ Parian Chronicle (Ashmolean 449945; IG XII, 5, 444; PHI 77668)
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, Epitomeβ NostoiβHomer, OdysseyβPausaniasβHesiodβCinaithonβHesiod, EhoiaiβSophocles, ElectraβStraboβLucian, The HallβLucian, The DanceβPs-Lucian, Affairs of the HeartβPs-Lucian, The PatriotβPindar, Pythian 11βDiodoros, LibraryβD-Scholia, IliadβAeschylus, AgamemnonβEuripides, ElectraβPliny, Natural History
- Mentioned in citation of
- π Homer, Odyssey 3.262-3.275βπ Homer, Iliad 1.33-1.42βπ Cinaithon fr. 4 West
- Depictions
- π¨ Lucanian Red-Figure Pelike attributed to the Vaste Painter (Logie 156.73; LIMC Aigisthos 15)βπ¨ Fragment of Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Met 28.57.8aβd)βπ¨ Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Gregoriano Profano 10450; ASR II, no. 155, pl. 54)βπ¨ Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1801; LIMC Achilleus 376)βπ¨ Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B988; LIMC Achilleus 376)βπ¨ Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1654)βπ¨ Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B4809)βπ¨ Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B8405; LIMC Aigisthos 5)βπ¨ Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1802)βπ¨ Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B4962; LIMC Achilleus 376)βπ¨ Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from the Sanctuary of Poseidon, Isthmia (LIMC Aigisthos 3)βπ¨ Fragments of Gilded Silver Diadem (Getty 83.AM.343)
- Reported depictions
- ποΈ the Hall (fictional) βπ¨ Wall Painting of Orestes, Aigisthos, Pylades and sons of Nauplios in the Propylaia, Athens, by Polygnotos (LIMC Aigisthos 14)βπ¨ Painting of Orestes killing Clytaimnestra and Aigisthos by Theoros (LIMC Aigisthos 26)