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AEGISTHUS

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AEGISTHUS , in See also:

Greek See also:legend, was the son of Thyestes by his own daughter Pelopia. Having been exposed by his See also:mother to conceal her shame, he was found by shepherds and suckled by a goat—whence his name. His See also:uncle See also:Atreus, who had married Pelopia, took him to See also:Mycenae, and brought him up as his own son. When he See also:grew up Aegisthus slew Atreus, and ruled jointly with his See also:father over Mycenae, until they were deposed by See also:Agamemnon on his return from See also:exile. After the departure of Agamemnon to the Trojan See also:war, Aegisthus seduced his wife Clytaemnestra (more correctly Clytaemestra) and with her assistance slew him on his return. Eight years later his See also:murder was avenged by his son See also:Orestes. See also:Homer, Od. iii. 263, iv. 517; See also:Hyginus, Fab. 87.

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