Sthenelus (son of Perseus)

Also known as: Sthenelus · First appears: Apollodorus, Library 2.4

🌐 Also appears in: The Iliad (as Sthenelus) · The Metamorphoses of Ovid (as Sthenelus)

Life events

Amphitryon accidentally killed Electryon; Sthenelus banished him and seized Mycenae and Tiryns.(Apollodorus, Library 2.4 · 📍 Argos)
- With: Amphitryon Electryon Atreus Thyestes
- “However, as he was receiving the cows back, one of them charged, and Amphitryon threw at her the club which he had in his hands. But the club rebounded from the cow's horns and striking Electryon's head killed him. Hence Sthenelus laid hold of this pretext to banish Amphitryon from the whole of Argos, while he himself seized the throne of Mycenae and Tiryns; and he entrusted Midea to Atreus and Thyestes, the sons of Pelops, whom he had sent for.”

parent: Perseus “and in Mycenae he had Alcaeus and Sthenelus and Heleus and Mestor and Electryon”
child: Alcyone (daughter of Sthenelus) “Sthenelus had daughters, Alcyone and Medusa, by Nicippe, daughter of Pelops”
child: Medusa daughter of Sthenelus “Sthenelus had daughters, Alcyone and Medusa, by Nicippe, daughter of Pelops”
child: Eurystheus “and he had afterwards a son Eurystheus”
parent: Andromeda “he had sons by Andromeda”
with Amphitryon (interaction) “Sthenelus laid hold of this pretext to banish Amphitryon from the whole of Argos”
ward: Atreus “he entrusted Midea to Atreus and Thyestes, the sons of Pelops”
ward: Thyestes “he entrusted Midea to Atreus and Thyestes, the sons of Pelops”

Extracted from the original text of Greek Mythology. Made with Rho MD.