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AEGISTHUS

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 255 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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


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