- Information
- son of Thyestes
- Son of
- 👤 Thyestes (Mycenaean) 👤 Pelopeia (Mycenaean)
- Father of
- 👤 Erigone (Mycenaean)
- Husband of
- 👤 Clytaimnestra
- Has children with
- 👤 Clytaimnestra
- Ruler of
- 🌍 Mycenae (Argolid)
- Kills
- 👤 Agamemnon 👤 Atreus 👤 Cassandra 👤 Eurymedon (Mycenaean) 👤 Pelops (Mycenaean) 👤 Teledamos 👥 the Companions of Agamemnon
- Dies at
- 🌍 Mycenae (Argolid) 🌍 Amyclai (Laconia)
- Killed by
- 👤 Orestes (s. of Agamemnon) 👤 Pylades
- Buried at
- 🏛️ the Tomb of Aigisthos (Mycenae)
- Has post-mortem existence at
- 🌍 the Underworld
- Dwelling
- 🏛️ the House of Aigisthos (Mycenae)
- Related Entities
- 👤 Aerope (Argive) 👤 Agamemnon 👤 Aigialeia (Argive) 👤 Aphrodite 👤 Ares 👤 Atreus 👤 Cassandra 👤 Clytaimnestra 👤 Diomedes (Argive I) 👤 Electra (Mycenaean) 👤 Erigone (Mycenaean) 👥 the Erinyes 👤 Zeus 🌍 the Underworld 👤 Hermes 👤 Iphigeneia 👤 Orestes (s. of Agamemnon) 👤 Palamedes 👤 Nausimedon 👤 Oiax 👤 Pylades 👤 Tantalos (Argive) 👤 Thyestes (Mycenaean) 🌍 the Areiopagos (Athens) 🌍 Mycenae (Argolid) 👤 Pelopeia (Mycenaean) 🌍 Argos (city) 🌍 Amyclai (Laconia) 👤 Eurymedon (Mycenaean) 👤 Pelops (Mycenaean) 👤 Teledamos 👤 Charon (boatman) 🏛️ the Tomb of Aigisthos (Mycenae) 🌍 the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi 👤 Nauplios (f. of Palamedes) 👤 Guard of Clytaimnestra (name unknown) 🏛️ the House of Aigisthos (Mycenae) 👤 Watchman of Mycenae (name unknown) 👤 Mestor (s. of Aias) 👤 Alcmeon 👤 Argeios (comp. of Aigisthos) 👤 Antiochos (Mycenaean II) 👤 Companion of Agamemnon (name unknown) 🏺 the Cloak of Agamemnon 👥 the Sons of Thyestes 👥 the Companions of Agamemnon
- Mentioned by
- 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 2.14 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.23 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.25 📖 Pausanias 1.22.6 📖 Pausanias 2.18.2 📖 Pausanias 2.18.6 📖 Homer, Odyssey 1.26-1.43 📖 Homer, Odyssey 3.184-3.200 📖 Homer, Odyssey 3.262-3.275 📖 Homer, Odyssey 3.304-3.312 📖 Homer, Odyssey 4.512-4.547 📖 Homer, Odyssey 11.385-11.466 📖 Homer, Odyssey 24.35-24.97 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 19 Most 📖 Pausanias 2.16.6-2.16.7 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.7-6.11 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.24-6.25 📖 Hesiod fr. 247 Most 📖 Nostoi fr. 10 West 📖 Nostoi Argumentum 5 West 📖 Cinaithon fr. 4 West 📖 Lucian, The Hall 23 📖 Lucian, The Dance 67 📖 Ps-Lucian, Affairs of the Heart 47 📖 Ps-Lucian, The Patriot 16 📖 Pindar, Pythian 11 1-37 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 1.7 📖 Strabo 1.2.3 📖 Diodoros, Library 7.1.1-7.4.4 📖 Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1343-1447 📖 Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1567-1632 📖 Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1654-1670 📖 Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1035-1320 ⚒️ Parian Chronicle (Ashmolean 449945; IG XII, 5, 444; PHI 77668)
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, Epitome Nostoi Homer, Odyssey Pausanias Hesiod Cinaithon Hesiod, Ehoiai 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
- Mentioned in citation of
- 📖 Homer, Odyssey 3.262-3.275 📖 Homer, Iliad 1.33-1.42 📖 Cinaithon fr. 4 West
- Depictions
- 🎨 Lucanian Red-Figure Pelike attributed to the Vaste Painter (Logie 156.73; LIMC Aigisthos 15) 🎨 Fragment of Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Met 28.57.8a–d) 🎨 Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Gregoriano Profano 10450; ASR II, no. 155, pl. 54) 🎨 Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1801; LIMC Achilleus 376) 🎨 Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B988; LIMC Achilleus 376) 🎨 Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1654) 🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B4809) 🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B8405; LIMC Aigisthos 5) 🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1802) 🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B4962; LIMC Achilleus 376) 🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from the Sanctuary of Poseidon, Isthmia (LIMC Aigisthos 3) 🎨 Fragments of Gilded Silver Diadem (Getty 83.AM.343)
- Reported depictions
- 🏛️ the Hall (fictional) 🎨 Wall Painting of Orestes, Aigisthos, Pylades and sons of Nauplios in the Propylaia, Athens, by Polygnotos (LIMC Aigisthos 14)