2023年7月12日 · Thyestes thus became king of Mycenae, while Agamemnon and his brother Menelaus fled into exile. According to some traditions, Agamemnon and Menelaus were taken in by Tyndareus, the king of Sparta. Eventually, they were able to drive Thyestes out of Mycenae, and Agamemnon became king of the city that had once been his father’s.

2023年8月18日 · Clytemnestra, daughter of Tyndareus and Leda, was the wife of Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae. She and her lover Aegisthus murdered Agamemnon when he returned home from the Trojan War, but were later killed in turn by Orestes, Agamemnon and …

2023年9月11日 · Atreus was the son of Pelops and Hippodamia and the elder brother of Thyestes. He and Thyestes were banished from their homeland and migrated to Mycenae (according to some traditions, they were exiled by their father for murdering their half-brother Chrysippus). Upon arriving in Mycenae, Atreus and Thyestes immediately coveted the throne.

2023年2月15日 · Eurystheus, son of Sthenelus and Nicippe, was the king of Mycenae for whom Heracles was forced to complete the Twelve Labors. Supported by Hera, Eurystheus remained Heracles’ enemy throughout his life, and even after Heracles died he continued to …

2023年7月3日 · Perseus, son of Zeus and the Argive princess Danae, was a Greek hero and king connected with the Argolid. Perseus’ numerous exploits included beheading Medusa , saving the princess Andromeda , and founding the city of Mycenae and the Perseid dynasty.

2023年9月25日 · Alcmene was a beautiful mortal princess. Her father was Electryon, the king of either Mycenae or Tiryns in the Argolid. After Alcmene’s husband Amphitryon accidentally killed her father, she accompanied him into exile in Thebes. The lovely Alcmene was seduced by Zeus, who took the form of her husband Amphitryon in order to sleep with her.

2023年3月9日 · The Heraclids are perhaps best known for the persecution they suffered after Heracles’ death. Eurystheus, the king of Mycenae who had assigned Heracles his famous Twelve Labors, was especially determined to hunt down and kill all of Heracles’ descendants. The enmity between Heracles and Eurystheus actually began before either of them was born.

2023年5月24日 · According to most sources, Iphigenia was the firstborn child of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, the king and queen of Mycenae. Agamemnon led the Greeks to victory during the Trojan War, while Clytemnestra was best known for murdering Agamemnon when he returned from Troy. However, there were other traditions regarding Iphigenia’s parentage.

2023年3月10日 · Andromeda was the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, the king and queen of mythical Ethiopia. Andromeda and her mother Cassiopeia were renowned for their beauty; but Cassiopeia’s excessive boasting soon angered the gods. As atonement, Cepheus and Cassiopeia were ordered to present Andromeda as a sacrifice to Poseidon’s sea monster.

2023年7月12日 · Menelaus, son of Atreus, was a Greek hero and king of Sparta. When his wife Helen ran off with the Trojan prince Paris, Menelaus and his brother Agamemnon raised an army and sailed to Troy to get her back. This marked the beginning of the Trojan War.