Aerope
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In Greek mythology, Aerope was a Cretan princess as the daughter of Catreus, king of Crete. She was the sister of Clymene, Apemosyne and Althaemenes. After an oracle said he would be killed by one of
Tiestes and Aérope by Nosadella
Atreus
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In Greek mythology, Atreus was a king of Mycenae in the Peloponnese, the son of Pelops and Hippodamia, and the father of Agamemnon and Menelaus. His descendants became known collectively as the Atreid
Aerope
…said he would be killed by one of his children, Catreus gave Aerope to Nauplius to be sold abroad. Nauplius spared her, and she became the wife of Atreus or Pleisthenes (or both). By most accounts, she is the mother of Agamemnon and Menelaus. While the wife of Atreus, she became the lover of his brother…
'The Farnese Atreus', engraving by Antonio Lafreri and Cornelis Cort, 1754.
Atreus and Thyestes
Entrance to the tholos known as the "Treasury of Atreus", built around 1250 BC.