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    Aeolids House of Elis & Calydon Houses of Argolis House of Pelops Minoan Crete House of Thebes House of Sparta House of Athens Heraclids House of Troy Tales of Rome
  3. House of Pelops
    Tantalus Pelops Atreus and Thyestes Agamemnon Orestes Tisamenus Pittheus Alcathous

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 establish an important dynasty in Mycenae and Argos.

Tantalus

Tantalus

Pelops

Pelops

House of Atreus

House of Atreus

Other Kingdoms

Other Kingdoms

For Niobe, see Wrath of Heaven, Folly of Niobe.

House of Atreus

Before we can start on the House of Atreus, a dynasty which ruled Mycenae after Eurystheus' death, I will give a brief history of Atreus' ancestors beginning with Tantalus.

Atreus and Thyestes

Atreus and Thyestes

Agamemnon

Agamemnon

Orestes

Orestes

Tisamenus

Tisamenus

For Menelaüs, see House of Sparta.

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Jimmy Joe Timeless Myths

By Jimmy Joe

Royal Houses:

  • • Aeolids
  • • House of Elis & Calydon
  • • Houses of Argolis
  • • House of Pelops
  • • Minoan Crete
  • • House of Thebes
  • • House of Sparta
  • • House of Athens
  • • Heraclids
  • • House of Troy
  • • Tales of Rome
House of Pelops

House of Pelops

Children of Pelops House of AtreusChildren of Pelops The family tree of Pelops displays his descendants, such as Agamemnon, Menelaus and Orestes. Several of his daughters were married into Perseus' family, so also see the House of Perseus. You wil...

July 28th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
House of Perseus (Mycenae and Tiryns)

House of Perseus (Mycenae and Tiryns)

The family tree above shows the descendants of Io, on the Belid branch, which include such heroes as Perseus and Heracles. The names in blue are the Heraclids or the descendants of Heracles, who would later conquer Argos, Sparta and the region of ...

July 28th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Pelops

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. The gods punished Tantalus and restored Pelops to life. Demeter, who had eaten part of Pelops' should...

August 23rd, 2003 • Jimmy Joe
Royal Houses

Royal Houses

In ancient Greece, a city would dominate the surrounding countryside. More powerful cities would have a citadel situated in a strategic position in the city, generally on higher ground. Within these walled strongholds, temples were built for the w...

April 24th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Houses of Argolis

Houses of Argolis

Argolis was a region in northeastern Peloponnesus. There, several powerful cities were built on the Plain of Argolis: Argos, Tiryns and Mycenae. The myths that are about to be unfolded, were set in these cities. The stories involved the descendant...

April 24th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
House of Sparta

House of Sparta

The large family tree above combines the Houses of Laconia and Messenia together. The links between the two kingdoms come from marriages. The first link was when Polycaon, son of Lelex, migrated to Messenia and married the Argive princess, Messene...

July 28th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Lapith House of Thessaly

Lapith House of Thessaly

The family tree shown above lists the royal family of the Lapiths in Thessaly. The Lapiths ruled around the valley of the Peneius River in Thessaly. This family were the descendants of the river god Peneius and his wife Creusa, a daughter of Ge (G...

July 28th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
House of Argos (Proëtids and Aeolids)

House of Argos (Proëtids and Aeolids)

The family tree that you see above contains the link between Proetus and the Aeolids, Melampus and Bias. Their descendants would become involved in two wars against Thebes (Seven Against Thebes and the Epigoni), before the Trojan War. I wasn't abl...

July 28th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Houses of Athens

Houses of Athens

The first family tree shows only two early kings of Attica. At the time, Attica was originally called either Acte or Actaea, after Actaeus. His son-in-law, Cecrops, succeeded him, and the new king renamed the entire region to Cecropia. The second ...

July 28th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Atreus and Thyestes

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 (Ἀτρεύς) and Thyestes (Θυέσης). Pelops cleverly married most of his daughters to the sons of Perseus: As...

August 23rd, 2003 • Jimmy Joe
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