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Odyssey

The Voyage Home Return to IthacaThe Voyage HomeOdyssey Odyssey is an epic poem, written by Homer, about the adventures of the Greek hero Odysseus (...

May 17th, 1999

By Jimmy Joe

Heroes 1

Heroes I contains information on the heroes and heroines before the time of the Trojan War. Heroes I has been divided into two sections: Early Hero...

August 23rd, 2003

By Jimmy Joe

House of Pelops

Another important family arrived in Greece. Pelops won a wife and kingdom in a chariot race in Pisa, and his children and descendants would establi...

August 23rd, 2003

By Jimmy Joe

Tisamenus

Tisamenus (Τισαμενός) was the King of Argos and Sparta, and the son of Orestes and Hermione. Tisamenus succeeded his father to both kingdoms. The H...

August 23rd, 2003

By Jimmy Joe

Orestes

Revenge and Madness Iphigeneia among the Taurians King of Argos and SpartaRevenge and Madness Orestes was the King of Argos and Sparta, and the son...

August 23rd, 2003

By Jimmy Joe

Agamemnon

Agamemnon Iphigeneia in Aulis Murder of AgamemnonAgamemnon According to Homer, Agamemnon (Ἀγαμέμνων) and his brother Menelaüs (Menalaus) were the s...

August 23rd, 2003

By Jimmy Joe

Atreus and Thyestes

During Perseus' reign, Pelops was king of Pisa while his wife Hippodaemia bore him many children, including Pittheus (king of Troezen), Atreus (Ἀτρ...

August 23rd, 2003

By Jimmy Joe

Pelops

Pelops (Πñλοψ) was the son of Tantalus and brother of Niobe. His father had killed him and served his flesh to the gods, hoping to fool the gods. T...

August 23rd, 2003

By Jimmy Joe

Tantalus

Tantalus (Τάνταλος) was the king of Sipylus, in Lydia. Tantalus was the son of Zeus and Pluto, daughter of Cronus. Tantalus was married to the Ocea...

August 23rd, 2003

By Jimmy Joe

Alcathous

King of Megara. Alcathoüs (Ἀλκάθοος) was the son of Pelops and Hippodaemia. Alcathoüs married Evaechme, daughter of Megareus, king of Megara, after...

August 23rd, 2003

By Jimmy Joe

Pittheus

King of Troezen. Pittheus was the son of Pelops and Hippodaemia. He was the brother of Troezen, Atreus, Thyestes, Alcathous, and several sisters. O...

August 23rd, 2003

By Jimmy Joe

The Wrath of Heaven

From a modern perspective, the relationship between mortals and the gods might seem to be very daunting and fraught with dangers. An immortal god c...

March 17th, 2001

By Jimmy Joe