Mycenae

Mycenae

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settlement

Events
  1. Argus guards Io, the cow
  2. Perseus fortifies Mycenae
  3. Perseus fathers children
  4. Eurystheus reigns over Mycenae
  5. Electryon is challenged for control of Mycenae by the sons of Pterelaus
  6. The sons of Electryon and the sons of Pterelaus kill each other
  7. Amphitryon returns cattle to Mycenae
  8. Electryon entrusts Mycenae and his daughter Alcmena to Amphitryon
  9. Amphitryon accidentally kills Electryon
  10. Sthenelus rules Mycenae
  11. Hercules brings the corpse of the Nemean Lion to Mycenae
  12. Copreus purified of murder by Eurystheus
  13. Hercules brings the Cerynitian hind to Mycenae
  14. Hercules brings the Erymanthian boar to Mycenae
  15. Eurystheus orders Hercules to clean Augeas’ stables
  16. Eurystheus refused to count the cleaning of the Augean stables as one of Hercules’ tasks
  17. Eurystheus commands Heracles to chase away the Stymphalian birds
  18. Eurystheus orders Hercules to bring him the Cretan bull
  19. Hercules brings the Cretan bull to Eurystheus
  20. Eurystheus orders Hercules to bring him the mares of Diomedes
  21. Hercules brings the mares of Diomedes to Eurystheus
  22. Eurystheus order Hercules to bring him the belt of Hippolyte
  23. Hercules delivers Hippolyte’s belt to Eurystheus
  24. Eurystheus orders Hercules to bring him Geryon’s cows
  25. Hercules brings Geryon’s cattle to Eurystheus
  26. Eurystheus orders Hercules to bring him the golden apples
  27. Hercules brings the golden apples to Eurystheus
  28. Hercules shows Cerberus to Eurystheus
  29. Eurytus refuses compensation for the murder of Iphitus
  30. Hercules sons flee from Eurystheus
  31. Thyestes and Atreus agree that the possessor of the golden lamb rule Mycenae
  32. Thyestes becomes king of Mycenae
  33. Atreus becomes king of Mycenae
  34. Atreus banishes Thyestes
  35. Atreus kills Thyestes’ sons
  36. Atreus serves Thyestes’ sons to Thyestes as food
  37. Aegisthus kills Atreus
  38. Aegisthus gives Mycenae to Thyestes
  39. Agamemnon and Menelaus banish Thyestes to Cytheria
  40. Agamemnon rules Mycenae
  41. Menelaus asks Agamemnon to gather an army against Troy
  42. Agamemnon returns to Mycenae with Cassandra
  43. Agamemnon is murdered by Aegisthus and Clytaemnestra
  44. Cassandra is murdered by Aegisthus and Clytaemnestra
  45. Aegisthus rules Mycenae
  46. Electra smuggles Orestes out of Mycenae
  47. Orestes goes to Mycenae with Pylades
  48. Orestes kills Clytemnestra and Aegisthus
  49. Electra and Pylades marry
  50. Menelaus finds Orestes
  51. Agamemnon and the Mycenaeans send ships to Troy
  52. Peleus sends Achilles to Agamemnon with Phoenix as his guardian
People
  1. Achilles
  2. Aegisthus
  3. Agamemnon
  4. Aglaus
  5. Alcaeus
  6. Alcmena
  7. Amphitryon
  8. Argus
  9. Atreus
  10. Callileon
  11. Cassandra
  12. Cerberus
  13. Cerynitian Hind
  14. Clytaemnestra
  15. Copreus
  16. Cretan Bull
  17. Electryon
  18. Electra
  19. Erymanthian Boar
  20. Eueres
  21. Eurytus
  22. Eurystheus
  23. Gorgophone
  24. Heleus
  25. Hercules
  26. Io
  27. Licymnius
  28. Menelaus
  29. Mestor
  30. Nemean Lion
  31. Orchomenus
  32. Orestes
  33. Peleus
  34. Perseus
  35. Phoenix
  36. Pylades
  37. Sthenelus
  38. Thyestes
Groups
  1. Heraclids
  2. Mares of Diomedes
  3. Mycenaeans vs Troy
  4. Sons of Pterelaus
  5. Sons of Electryon
  6. Teleboans
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.4
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.5
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.6
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.1
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.3
  6. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.4
  7. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.8
  8. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.9
  9. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.6
  10. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 6.23
  11. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 6.25
  12. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 6.28
  13. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 6.29
  14. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 565
  15. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 4, Section 51
  16. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 4, Section 364
  17. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 7, Section 175
  18. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 32
  19. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 22
  20. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 610
  21. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 4.2
  22. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 15.4
  23. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 16.3
  24. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 16.5
  25. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 16.6
  26. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 17.1
  27. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 18.1
  28. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 23.2
  29. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 23.3
  30. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 25.5
  31. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 5.4
  32. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 27.1
  33. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 33.2
  34. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 34.6
  35. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 20.1
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