Thyestes

King of Midea, twin of Atreus.

Genealogy

Pelops

Alcathus, Astydamia, Atreus, Chrysippus, Cleones, Copreus, Lysidice, Nicippe, Pittheus, Sciron, Sicyon, Troezen

Aegisthus, Aglaus, Callileon, Orchomenus, Tantalus

Group

Pelopids

Places
  1. Cytheria
  2. Midea
  3. Mycenae
  4. Unknown
Events
  1. Atreus and Thyestes get Midea from Sthenelus
  2. Aerope gives the golden lamb to Thyestes
  3. Thyestes and Atreus agree that the possessor of the golden lamb rule Mycenae
  4. Thyestes becomes king of Mycenae
  5. Atreus and Thyestes agree that Atreus become king should the sun reverse its course
  6. Atreus banishes Thyestes
  7. Atreus serves Thyestes’ sons to Thyestes as food
  8. An oracle tells Thyestes to father a son with his own daughter
  9. Thyestes has sex with his daughter and Aegisthus is conceived
  10. Aegisthus gives Mycenae to Thyestes
  11. Agamemnon and Menelaus banish Thyestes to Cytheria
  12. Thyestes lives in exile in Cytheria
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.6
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 2.10
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 2.11
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 2.12
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 2.13
  6. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 2.14
  7. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 2.15
  8. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 2.16
  9. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 105
  10. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 18.1
  11. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 18.2
  12. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 18.3
  13. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 22.3
  14. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 40.11
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