Thyestes
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- Gender
- male
- Father
- Pelops
- Mother
- Hippodamia
- Sibling
- Chrysippus
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- Θυέστης
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- 14792 Thyestes
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thumb|Thyestes and Aerope, painting by Nosadella
In Greek mythology, Thyestes (pronounced , , ) was a king of Olympia. Thyestes and his brother, Atreus, were exiled by their father for having murdered their half-brother, Chrysippus, in their desire for the throne of Olympia. They took refuge in Mycenae, where they ascended the throne upon the absence of King Eurystheus, who was fighting the Heracleidae. Eurystheus had meant for their lordship to be temporary; it became permanent because of his death in conflict.
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