person
Thyestes
Brother of Atreus, served his own children at the banquet that cursed the house of the Atridae.
Reading notes
- Agamemnon §1 Thyestes
Brother of Atreus, who served him his own children at the feast; his ghost speaks the prologue, and Aegisthus is his son.
- Thyestes §24 Thyestes
Brother and rival of Atreus; he seduced Atreus' wife and stole the golden ram, and is tricked here into eating his own sons.
- The Trojan Women §356 Thyestes
Brother of Atreus, served his own children at the banquet that cursed the house of the Atridae.