Pelopia’s Family Tree

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Family

• Thyestes(spouse),Aegisthus(child)— Consort

  Thyestes fathered Aegisthus upon his own daughter Pelopia, as directed by an oracle, to create an avenger against the house of Atreus.

• Atreus(spouse)— Marriage

  Atreus married Pelopia without knowing she was the daughter of his enemy Thyestes. He raised her son Aegisthus as his own.

• Thyestes(parent)

  Pelopia was the daughter of Thyestes. Her father later violated her unknowingly at a shrine, fulfilling an oracle's terrible command.

Associated with

• Aegisthus

  Pelopia exposed the infant Aegisthus after his birth. Years later, she recognized Thyestes' sword in Aegisthus's possession and killed herself with it upon learning the truth.

• Atreus

  When Atreus discovered that Pelopia was Thyestes' daughter and that Aegisthus was not his son, Pelopia took Thyestes' sword and killed herself.

• Hippodamia

  Hippodamia's role in the murder of Chrysippus led to the exile of Thyestes' line, setting in motion the events that left Pelopia vulnerable at Sicyon.