LCT28: Myths of Mycenae (Act2) Flashcards
(21 cards)
What does King Pelops do?
curses his family
Who are Pelops wife and children
Hippodamia - Atreus, Thyestes, and bastard son Chrysippus
Who did Hippodamia hate? What happened to that person?
bastard son Chrysippus - killed by Atreus and Thyestes fir mother
What does Pelops do?
curses them and banishes them to Mycenae
What are they suppose to do in Mycenae?
take over and establish themselves as kings/rulers
Who are Atreus’ two sons?
Agamemnon and Menelaus
What does Thyestes do?
seduces Atreus’ wife Aerobe and has a daughter named Pelopia and two sons
What does Atreus do in response to Thyestes?
- sends Pelopia away to grow up elsewhere
- keeps sons as hostage
Years later what does Atreus do? How does Thyestes react?
throws reconciliation banquet for Thyestes - serves Thyestes the flesh of his two sons - Thyestes flees Mycenae devastated
What does oracle say about Thyestes?
if he fathers a son by Pelopia (his daughter) that son will avenge him
What does Thyestes do in response to oracle?
many years later and disguised Thyestes rapes his daughter Pelopia
How does Pelopia respond to Thyestes?
steals his sword, conceive son Aegisthus
Who does Atreus find?
Pelopia - do not recognize each other
Who is born from Pelopia?
Aegisthus - Thyestes son but raised as Atreus’ son
What does Pelopia give Aegisthus?
the sword of Thyestes
What happens to Thyestes?
sons of Atreus - Agamemnon and Menelaus - capture Thyestes and bring him to Mycenae
What does Atreus order Aegisthus to do?
kill Thyestes
What does Thyestes do?
recognizes the sword and thus Aegisthus as his son - tells him he needs to see his mother
What does Pelopia and Thyestes do?
kills herself with sword - Thyestes sends Aegisthus to kill Atreus
What does Aegisthus do?
shows bloody sword to Atreus and then kills Atreus as he is thanking the gods
What happens to Atreus’ sons?
Agamemnon and Menelaus flee to Sparta
