Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (2)

• Atreus and Thyestes: The Golden Lamb and the Adultery
  Heroes — Tantalid / Mycenaean succession · Apollodorean / tragic (golden lamb; Aerope’s adultery; exile)
• Birth of Aegisthus: Thyestes and Pelopia
  Heroes — Tantalid / Mycenaean; prelude to Agamemnon’s murder · Apollodorean / Hyginus (oracle; night rape; sword-token; recognition)

Characters in shared stories

• Aegisthus
• Aerope
• Agamemnon
• Atreus
• Goat
• Helios
• Mycenaean people
• Oracle
• Pelopia
• Pelops
• The Hours
• Thyestes