CLAS104 Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: Thyestes, Atreus, Myrtilus
26 Aug 2016
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The stories which revolve around the royal family of mycenae written mostly by aeschylus, Family of agamemnon and menalaus sons of atrius. Transgenerational curses till it resolved positivly: pelops. Very famous figure in mythology the peloponises is the entire south part of greece. There is a shrine to pelops at olympia. His lover was poseidon: tantalus is the father of pelops (the one who is being punished in hades with the water and food) Punished because he had the gods over for a meal and tried to feed them human flesh cut up his son pelops and served him to his son. They knew what they were eating accepts demeter accidently ate his shoulder. They put pelops back together and gave him an ivory shoulder. Hippodamia wife of pelops (her name means horse tamer). Pelops wants to marry her but her father (oenomaus) said whoever beats me in a chariot race can have her.
