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Look up: aegisthus

  1. Aegisthus
    son of Thyestes and his daughter Pelopia; He was the consort of Clytemnestra while Agamemnon fought at Troy.
    Found on http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/glossary/glo

  2. Aegisthus
    [n] - (Greek mythology) seducer of Clytemnestra and murderer of Agamemnon who usurped the throne of Mycenae until Agamemnon's son Orestes returned home and killed him
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Aegisthus
    noun (Greek mythology) the seducer of Clytemnestra and murderer of Agamemnon who usurped the throne of Mycenae until Agamemnon`s son Orestes returned home and killed him
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  4. Aegisthus
    (from the article `Agamemnon`) After the capture of Troy, Cassandra, Priam`s daughter, fell to Agamemnon`s lot in the distribution of the prizes of war. On his return he landed in ... ...Greek mythology, son of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae (or Argos), and his wife, Clytemnestra. According to Homer, Orestes was away when his father ... ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/22

  5. Aegisthus
    Aegisthus (ējis'thus) , in Greek mythology, according to most legends the incestuous offspring of Thyestes and his daughter Pelopia. At Thyestes' behest Aegisthus revenged the murder of his brothers by killing his uncle Atreus. Later, he was known as the lover of Clytemnestra and aided her...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A08025

  6. Aegisthus
    In Greek mythology, `Aegisthus` (Αἴγισθος--> ; also transliterated as `Aegisthos`) was the son of Thyestes and of Thyestes` daughter, Pelopia. Thyestes felt he had been deprived of the Mycenean throne unfairly by his brother, Atreus. The two battled back and forth several...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegisthus

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