Eurystheus
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In Greek mythology, Eurystheus was king of Tiryns, one of three Mycenaean strongholds in the Argolid, although other authors including Homer and Euripides cast him as ruler of Argos.
Eurystheus hiding in a storage jar as Heracles brings him the Erymanthian boar. Side A from a red-figure kylix by Oltos, ca. 510 BC, (Louvre).
Hercule apporte à Eurysthée la ceinture de la reine des Amazones by Daniel Sarrabat.
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
Eurystheus
…to protect the country against the descendants of Heracles, who traditionally included the Spartans and Argives. After Eurystheus' death, the brothers Atreus and Thyestes, whom he had left in charge during his absence, took over the city, the former exiling the latter and assuming the kingship, while Tiryns…
'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.