Greek Mythology

Tantalus (son of Thyestes)

Also known as: Tantalus · First appears: Apollodorus, Epitome 2

Life events

  • Agamemnon married Clytaemnestra after killing Tantalus and his child, while Menelaus married Helen.(Apollodorus, Epitome 2)
    • With: Agamemnon Clytaemnestra Menelaus Helen
    • “And they became the sons-in-law of Tyndareus by marrying his daughters, Agamemnon getting Clytaemnestra to wife, after he had slain her spouse Tantalus, the son of Thyestes, together with his newborn babe, while Menelaus got Helen.”

Apollodorus, Epitome 2

  • married with Clytaemnestra “after he had slain her spouse Tantalus, the son of Thyestes”
  • parent: Thyestes “her spouse Tantalus, the son of Thyestes”
  • enemies with Agamemnon “after he had slain her spouse Tantalus, the son of Thyestes, together with his newborn babe”

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