In Greek mythology, Aerope (Ancient Greek: Ἀερόπη) was a Cretan princess as the daughter of Catreus, king of Crete. She was the sister to Clymene, Apemosyne...
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Homer, Agamemnon and Menelaus were the sons of Atreus, king of Mycenae, and Aerope, daughter of the Cretan king Catreus. However, according to another tradition...
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during the Trojan War. He was the son (or grandson) of King Atreus and Queen Aerope, the brother of Menelaus, the husband of Clytemnestra, and the father of...
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Crete. Catreus had one son, Althaemenes, and three daughters, Apemosyne, Aerope and Clymene. Catreus was mistakenly killed by his son Althaemenes thereby...
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Drillia aerope is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. The shell grows to a length of 16 mm. (Original description)...
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Crete, the son of Minos. She had a brother Althaemenes, and two sisters, Aerope and Clymene. Apemosyne was mentioned in the account of Apollodorus. According...
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varying accounts, Pleisthenes' wife was Aerope, who he had received from the mariner hero Nauplius. Aerope's father Catreus, either because, he found...
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revenge by their uncle Atreus, their father’s brother, after Thyestes seduced Aerope, wife of Atreus. The latter was a king of Mycenae. In some accounts, Tantalus...
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flock, however, Atreus discovered a golden lamb which he gave to his wife, Aerope, to hide from the goddess. She gave it to her lover, Thyestes, who then...
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In Greek mythology, Aerope (Ancient Greek: Ἀερόπη) was a daughter of Cepheus of Arcadia, who was king of Tegea. She had a son (Aeropus?) by Ares, but herself...
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Nauplius (mythology) (section Aerope and Clymene)
killing of Palamedes. This Nauplius was also involved in the stories of Aerope, the mother of Agamemnon and Menelaus, and Auge, the mother of Telephus...
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flock, however, Atreus discovered a golden lamb which he gave to his wife, Aerope, to hide from the goddess. She gave it to Thyestes, her lover and Atreus'...
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the only son of King Catreus of Crete. He was the brother of Apemosyne, Aerope and Clymene. Althaemenes mistakenly killed his father thereby fulfilling...
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Ant. Lib. 2nd/3rd cent. AD Melanippus Triteia Paus. 2nd cent. AD Aeropus Aerope Paus. 2nd cent. AD Alcippe Aglauros Apollod. 1st/2nd cent. AD Meleager Althaea...
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these children. Anaxibia, daughter of Atreus and Aerope or, alternatively, of Pleisthenes and Aerope or Pleisthenes and Cleolla (daughter of Dias), and...
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several times. In addition, Thyestes had an affair with Atreus's wife, Aerope. In revenge, Atreus killed Thyestes's sons and served them to him unknowingly...
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have Agamemnon and Menelaus, as the sons of Atreus, the son of Pelops, and Aerope. However according to the Byzantine scholar John Tzetzes (citing "Hesiod...
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Euripides. The play may have concerned the myth of Thyestes' seduction of Aerope, the wife of his brother Atreus, and Atreus' subsequent revenge on Thyestes...
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place his brother Agamemnon to the throne. Agamemnon Son of Atreus and Aerope; commanded the Greeks during the Trojan War; his wife Clytemnestra becomes...
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princess as the daughter of King Catreus, son of Minos. She and her sister Aerope were given to Nauplius to be sold away, as Catreus feared the possibility...
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one of the two most known Atrides, a king of Sparta and son of Atreus and Aerope. Menelaus may also refer to: 1647 Menelaus, Jovian asteroid Menelaus (crater)...
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throne. Thyestes, also, claimed the throne: he seduced his brother’s wife, Aërope, and stole by her assistance the magical, gold-fleeced ram from Atreus’...
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Syracuse was a patron of Carcinus. Nine or ten titles of his plays are known: Aerope, Ajax, Alope, Amphiaraus, Medea, Oedipus, Orestes, Semele, Thyestes, and...
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Chrysippus, and were therefore banished.[citation needed] Thyestes and Aerope, Atreus' wife, were found out to be having an affair, and in an act of vengeance...
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Theseus Œdipus Achaeus of Syracuse (c. 356 BC) Agathon (c. 448–400 BC) Aerope Alcmeon Anthos or Antheus ("The Flower") Mysoi ("Mysians") Telephos ("Telephus")...
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of Mycenae for some time, as well as having an affair with Atreus' wife, Aerope. In vengeance for the affair, Atreus killed Thyestes' sons and served them...
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Year Title Role Notes 2015 Thyestes Aerope Courtyard Theatre, London 2016 Modern Love Ella The Pleasance, Edinburgh / Etcetera Theatre, London 2022 Mad...
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aerope (Leech, 1890) Faunis aerope aerope (Leech, 1890) Faunis aerope excelsa Fruhstorfer, 1911 Faunis aerope masseyeffi Brooks, 1949 Faunis aerope longpoensis...
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Tegea in Arcadia. The name signified him as the giver of food or plenty. Aerope, the daughter of Cepheus, King of Tegea, became by Ares the mother of a...
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(Ancient Greek: Πλεισθένης), in Greek mythology, was the son of Atreus and Aerope. According to Hesiod, Pleisthenes married Cleolla, daughter of Dias, and...
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