This man's future throne was secured after his father supplanted Eurystheus, who died while trying to storm into Athens and slaughter the Heracleidae. A dispute between his father and uncle prior to this man's accession saw Zeus reverse the course of the sun and Thyestes tricked into cannibalizing his own children before impregnating his daughter with this man's eventual m
This man's future throne was secured after his father supplanted Eurystheus, who died while trying to storm into Athens and slaughter the Heracleidae. A dispute between his father and uncle prior to this man's accession saw Zeus reverse the course of the sun and Thyestes tricked into cannibalizing his own children before impregnating his daughter with this man's eventual murderer. This king's willingness to sacrifice Iphigenia rekindled the family curse of his father Atreus, eventually leading to his son's pursuit by the Erinyes for the death of Aegisthus. This man was the father of Elektra and Orestes. For 10 points, identify this brother of Menalaus and king of Mycenae, who was murdered with the help of his wife Clytemnestra and led the Greeks in the Trojan War.
This man's future throne was secured after his father supplanted Eurystheus, who died while trying to storm into Athens and slaughter the Heracleidae.