tantalus
killed and cooked his own son as a test to the gods.

eternally punished with hunger and thirst- grandfather or Atreus (first gen of story)

pelops
son of Tantalus. killed and cooked. restored to life. wins a chariot race against oenomaus, has a curse placed upon his family (second gen of story)- nevertheless, had a very successful reign. He conquered the whole Peloponnesus, which was named after him, had many children, and celebrated the Olympian games in honor of Zeus.
ivory shoulder
what part of pelops is replaced after he is killed and cooked?
hippodamia
daughter or oenomaus, wife of pelops
oenomaus
king of pisa/arcadiaFATHER OF HIPPODAMIA
golden chariot and winged steeds
what is pelops' secret weapon?
myrtilus
oenomaus' charioteer in alternate version of pelops curse origin.

removes oenomaus' lynch-pin

pelopion
pelops' cult site at olympia
olympic games
instituted by pelops in honor of his victory over oenomaus
miasma
blood-pollution
atreus & thyestes
children of Pelops and Hippodamia (third gen of story)
golden-fleeced ram
divine sign demanded by thyestes
aerope
atreus' wife. has an affair with thyestes (atreus' brother)
thyestes' sons
when atreus feigns reconciliation with thyestes what does he feed him for dinner?
curses Atreus
what does thyestes do upon discovering he's eaten his own sons?
pelopia
thyestes' daughter, mother of aegisthus. sleeps with him.
aegisthus
son of pelopia and thyestes', agamemnon's arch rival. marries clytemnestra, helps kill her exhusband
the atreids
sons of atreus
agamemnnon
king of mycenae.

married to clytemnestra, son of atreus. becomes head of greek forces at troy

menelaus
king of sparta, son of atreus
iphigenia
daughter of agamemnon & clytemnestra. sacrificed in order to gain favorable winds and launch the greek armada to troy
artemis
appeased by the sacrifice of iphigenia
clytemnestra
daughter of tyndareus, wife of agamemnon, takes Aegisthus as lover. murders agamemnon
Oresteia
Aeschylus' trilogy: Agamemnon; Libation Bearers; Eumenides
Cassandra
Concubine of Agamemnon, foresees his doom & her own
Libation Bearers
- Orestes exiled as a child - Divinely Appointed to avenge father's murder - But required to murder his mother - Electra confined at home - Encourages Orestes in his duty - Orestes murders Clytemnestra & Aegisthus - Driven mad by the Erinyes
Eumenides
- Erinyes pursue Orestes to Delphi - Seeks purification & absolution from Apollo - Apollo grants first; must go to Athens for second - Orestes pleads case before Areopagus - Athenian homicide court - Apollo: defender; Erinyes: prosectors; Athena: judge - Athena breaks jury deadlock; Orestes acquitted - Erinyes ultimately appeased - Become the Eumenides "Kindly Ones"
areopagus
athenian homicide cort
amphion
king of thebes, husband of niobe
leto
mother of apollo and artemis, gets them to slay niobe's kids
niobe
wife of amphion, -criticized Leto, the mother of Apollo and Artemis, for only having had two children- when the women of Thebes offered incense to Leto to ward off punishment Niobe flew into a rage, declaring that she herself was more worthy of such offerings.- changed her into a weeping statue after artemis and apollo slay her children
electra
daughter of agamemnnon and clytemnestra
orestes
son of agamemnnon and clytemnestra, avenges his fathers detah by slaying aegisthus and clytemnestra