Aerope
Sign in to saveIn Greek mythology, Aerope (Ancient Greek: Ἀερόπη) was a Cretan princess as the daughter of Catreus, king of Crete. She was the sister of Clymene, Apemosyne and Althaemenes. After an oracle said he would be killed by one of his children, Catreus gave Aerope to Nauplius to be sold abroad. Nauplius spared her, and she became the wife of Atreus or Pleisthenes (or both). By most accounts, she is the mother of Agamemnon and Menelaus. While the wife of Atreus, she became the lover of his brother Thyestes, and gave Thyestes the golden lamb that allowed him to become king of Mycenae.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Greek
- Deity.name
- Aerope
- Deity.deity_of
- Queen of Mycenae
- Deity.member_of
- the Cretan Royal Family
- Deity.image
- Nosadella Tiestes y Aérope.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Tiestes and Aérope by Nosadella
- Deity.abode
- Crete then Mycenae
- Deity.consort
- (1) Atreus or Pleisthenes, (2) Thyestes
- Deity.parents
- Catreus
- Deity.siblings
- Althaemenes, Apemosyne and Clymene
- Deity.offspring
- (1) Agamemnon, Menelaus, (2) Tantalus and Pleisthenes
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- Aerope
- name in native language
- Αερόπη
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11 sectionsContents
- Family
- Mythology
- In Crete
- In Mycenae
- Sources
- Early
- Fifth century BC
- Late
- Similarities with Auge and Danae
- Notes
- References
In Greek mythology, Aerope (Ancient Greek: Ἀερόπη) was a Cretan princess as the daughter of Catreus, king of Crete. She was the sister of Clymene, Apemosyne and Althaemenes. After an oracle said he would be killed by one of his children, Catreus gave Aerope to Nauplius to be sold abroad. Nauplius spared her, and she became the wife of Atreus or Pleisthenes (or both). By most accounts, she is the mother of Agamemnon and Menelaus. While the wife of Atreus, she became the lover of his brother Thyestes, and gave Thyestes the golden lamb that allowed him to become king of Mycenae.
==Family== Aerope's father was Catreus, son of Minos, and king of Crete. Catreus had two other daughters, Clymene and Apemosyne, and a son, Althaemenes.