Eurystheus

First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 1 · Part 2

Before setting out on his expedition, Eurystheus entrusted Mycenæ and its government to his mother’s brother, Atreus. He was later killed in Attica by the Heraclids.

Relationship record

Life events

• Eurystheus entrusted Mycenæ and its government to Atreus before setting out on his expedition.(Book 1 · Chapter 1 · Part 2 · 📍 Mycenæ)
  • With: Atreus
  • “Atreus was his mother’s brother; and to the hands of his relation, who had left his father on account of the death of Chrysippus, Eurystheus, when he set out on his expedition, had committed Mycenæ and the government.”
• Eurystheus was killed by the Heraclids.(Book 1 · Chapter 1 · Part 2 · 📍 Attica)
  • “Eurystheus had been killed in Attica by the Heraclids.”

Book 1 · Chapter 1 · Part 2

• elder kin: Atreus “Atreus was his mother’s brother; and to the hands of his relation, who had left his father on account of the death of Chrysippus, Eurystheus, when he set out on his expedition, had committed Mycenæ and the government.”
• with Atreus (Eurystheus entrusted Mycenæ and its government to Atreus.) “Atreus was his mother’s brother; and to the hands of his relation, who had left his father on account of the death of Chrysippus, Eurystheus, when he set out on his expedition, had committed Mycenæ and the government.”

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Extracted from the original text of History of the Peloponnesian War. Made with Rho MD.