Are Agamemnon and Aegisthus cousins?
Agamemnon and Aegisthus are first cousins; their fathers, Atreus and Thyestes, fought over the throne of the city of Mycenae. Beyond mere matters of politics, Thyestes was also sleeping with Atreus' wife, Aerope, so Atreus had a fair number of reasons to be unhappy with his younger brother.Sep 7, 2016
Agamemnon and Aegisthus are first cousins; their fathers, Atreus and Thyestes, fought over the throne of the city of Mycenae. Beyond mere matters of politics, Thyestes was also sleeping with Atreus' wife, Aerope, so Atreus had a fair number of reasons to be unhappy with his younger brother.Sep 7, 2016
