Thyestes

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A king of Olympia; the son of Pelops and Hippodamia; and father of Pelopia and Aegisthus. He and his brother Atreus were exiled by their father for having murdered their half-brother Chrysippus.

Word forms

Thyestes

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θυέστης (Thuéstēs).

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