Greek mythology
Thyestes
The brother who ate his own children at a feast
- Mythology
- Greek mythology
- Parents
- Pelops
- Children
- Aegisthus
- Siblings
- Atreus
- Group
- Mortal · Ruler
- Appears in
- House of Atreus
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Thyestes is the brother and bitter rival of Atreus, with whom he wars over the throne of Mycenae after seducing his wife. In revenge Atreus murders Thyestes' sons and serves them to him at a banquet, revealing their hands and heads only when the meal is done. Thyestes curses the house of Atreus, and his surviving son Aegisthus later avenges him by helping kill Agamemnon.
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House of Atreus
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- Who is Thyestes?
- Thyestes is the brother and bitter rival of Atreus, with whom he wars over the throne of Mycenae after seducing his wife. In revenge Atreus murders Thyestes' sons and serves them to him at a banquet, revealing their hands and heads only when the meal is done.
- Which mythology does Thyestes belong to?
- Thyestes belongs to Greek mythology.
- Which stories does Thyestes appear in?
- Thyestes appears in House of Atreus, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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