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	Agamemnon
		Agamemnon, ("very resolute") one of the most distinguished of the Greek heroes, was the son of King Atreus of Mycenae or Argos) and Queen Aerope, and brother of Menelaus.
		Another account makes him the son of Pleisthenes (the son or father of Atreus), who is said to have been Aerope's first husband.
		Atreus was murdered by Aegisthus, who took possession of the throne of Mycenae and ruled jointly with his father Thyestes.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ag/Agamemnon.html (726 words)

	Anaxibia Sources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Agamemnon and Menelaus, according to Hesiod and Aeschylus, are regarded as the sons of Pleisthenes, Atreus' son.
		And according to Hesiod, Pleisthenes was a son of Atreus and Aerope, and Agamemnon, Menelaus and Anaxibia were the children of Pleisthenes and Cleolla the daughter of Dias.
		Pleisthenes married Eriphyle and died young, leaving his own children to his father; Agamemnon, Menelaus and Anaxibia, children of Eriphyle by Pleisthenes;
	www.csulb.edu /~dbouvier/SourceFiles/i782Sources.htm (76 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 408 (v. 1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		184.) For this crime, Thyestes was expelled from Mycenae by his brother; but from his place of exile he sent Pleisthenes, the son of Atreus, whom he had brought up as his own child, commanding him to kill Atreus.
		When the request was complied with, Atreus killed the two sons of Thyestes, Tantalus and Pleisthenes, and had their flesh prepared and placed it before Thyestes as a meal.
		After Thyestes had eaten some of it, Atreus ordered the arms and bones of the children to be brought in, and Thyestes, struck with horror at the sight, cursed the house of Tantalus and fled, and Helios turned away his face from the frightful scene.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/0417.html (1046 words)

	The House of Atreus (Background Note) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Some versions of the story include the name Pleisthenes, a son of Atreus who was raised by Thyestes.
		To become king, Thyestes sent Pleisthenes to kill Atreus, but Atreus killed him, not realizing he was killing his son.
		In yet other accounts, someone called Pleisthenes is the first husband of Aerope and the father of Agamemnon and Menelaus.
	www.mala.bc.ca /~johnstoi/aeschylus/houseofatreus.htm (1272 words)

	APPENDIX: A Catalogue of Heroines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		She is caught in bed with a slave, and her father gives her to Nauplios to throw into the sea, but he instead marries her to Atreus or Pleisthenes, or the drowning is punishment for adultery with Thyestes (Soph.
		[¶203.] 3) daughter of Atreus (or Pleisthenes) and Aerope, sister of Agamemnon and Menelaos, wife of Strophios, mother of Pylades (Hyg.
		Elsewhere, she is the wife of Atreus, mother of Pleisthenes (schol.
	www.kairatos.com.gr /heroines.htm (11831 words)

	House of Pelops (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		However, in the Catalogues of Women and Aeschylus' Oresteia, Atreus was the father of Pleisthenes.
		Pleisthenes married Cleolla, the daughter of Dias, and that he became the father of Agamemnon, Menelaüs and Anaxibia.
		In this last case, Pleisthenes was listed as the son of Pelops, not of Atreus.
	www.timelessmyths.com /classical/pelops.html (4027 words)

	Sheffield Theatres Education Resource (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Thyestes succeeded in taking Pleisthenes, Atreus’s small son, with him and raised him as if he were his own child.
		When Pleisthenes had grown up, his foster father sent him out to kill Atreus.
		King of Sparta, in Greek mythology, he was the son of Atreus and Aerope and the brother of Agamemnon; a later version names Pleisthenes and Kleolla as his parents.
	www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk /education/productions/Iphigenia/background.shtml (3967 words)

	Helen
		Odysseus made the suitors swear to an oath, stating that each suitor must defend the honor of whomever was chosen as Helen's future husband.
		Tyndareus soon chose Menelaus, son of Pleisthenes (or Atreus).
		Paris, the young Trojan prince, was the judge for the beauty contest between three goddesses.
	www.stanford.edu /~plomio/helen.html (1169 words)

	Pleisthenes: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In Greek mythology (The mythology of the ancient Greeks), Pleisthenes was the son or father of Atreus (additional info and facts about Atreus) and first husband of Aerope (additional info and facts about Aerope).
		In Greek History, Pleisthenes created the Forum,ancestor of the American Congress.
		The white ones indicated yes and the fl ones no.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/P/Pl/Pleisthenes.htm (102 words)

	ATREUS - Online Information article about ATREUS
		His wife Aerope was seduced by Thyestes, who was driven from Mycenae.
		To avenge himself, Thyestes sent Pleisthenes (Atreus' son whom Thyestes had brought up as his own) to kill Atreus, but Pleisthenes was himself slain by his own See also:
		After this Atreus, apparently reconciled to his brother, recalled him to Mycenae and invited him to a banquet to eat of his son, whom Atreus had slain.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /ARN_AUD/ATREUS.html (286 words)

	Catreus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Terrified he would do so, Althaemenes took Apemosyne and left Crete for Rhodes.
		Catreus gave his other daughters to Nauplius to be sold off in foreign lands: Aerope married Pleisthenes, and Clymene married Nauplius himself.
		Years later, Catreus sailed the seas searching for his son, the heir to the throne.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Catreus (196 words)

	AllRefer.com - Helen (Folklore And Mythology) - Encyclopedia
		Some say that after she and Menelaus returned to Greece, Orestes vengefully tried to kill her but that Zeus deified her.
		She bore Menelaus one daughter, Hermione, and, by some accounts, a son, Pleisthenes.
		Helen had cults in Sparta and elsewhere and is considered by some scholars to be a "faded" goddess : perhaps an ancient fertility goddess : who became a mortal woman.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/H/Helen.html (390 words)

	Atreus -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		But Thyestes either contested Atreus' right to rule or seduced Atreus' wife, Aërope, and thus was driven from Mycenae.
		To avenge himself, Thyestes sent Pleisthenes (Atreus' son, whom Thyestes had brought up as his own) to kill Atreus, but the boy was himself slain, unrecognized by his father.
		At a banquet Atreus served Thyestes the flesh of Thyestes' own son (or sons), whom Atreus had slain in vengeance for the death of Pleisthenes.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9010145 (753 words)

	crete3.html
		Sometimes Airope marries Pleisthenes (a brother of Atreus) and they have Agamemnon and Menelaos.
		or Airope and Atreus have a son Pleisthenes who marries Kleola and they have Agamemnon and Menelaos, or Atreus marries Kleola, they have a son Pleisthenes who marries Eriphyle and their children are Agamemnon and Menelaos.
		As Persson saw long ago, the myth of Glaukos is probably connected with a Cretan initiation ritual that simulated the death and resurrection of a boy at puberty; for example, Glaukos means "white" and the change from white to fl shows that the boy must pass from his previous state to its opposite.
	www.sporadestours.com /crete3.html (1039 words)

	ipedia.com: Agamemnon Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Agamémnon, one of the most distinguished of the Greek heroes, was the son of King Atreus of Mycenae and Queen Aerope, and brother of Menelaus.
		Another account makes him the son of Pleisthenes, who is...
		Agamémnon, ("very resolute") one of the most distinguished of the Greek heroes, was the son of King Atreus of Mycenae (or Argos) and Queen Aerope, and brother of Menelaus.
	www.ipedia.com /agamemnon.html (779 words)

	Amazon.ca: Editorial Reviews Books: Goddess of Yesterday (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		When Paris arrives and takes off with Helen, "Callisto" protects her new friend by pretending to be Hermione, Helen's daughter, and is taken to Troy along with Helen's youngest son, Pleisthenes.
		Of course the ruse is later discovered, but not until they reach Troy, where Callisto determines to save Pleisthenes from certain death at the hands of Paris.
		Cooney has taken the basic facts of a well-known Greek myth and turned them into a grand adventure with a heroic girl at the center, creating a fictional situation and characters inside the known story.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/books/0385729456/reviews (2171 words)

	Classical Myths and Legends: The House of Atreus
		Zeus, Atreus regained his throne, tossing Aerope in the sea for adultery.
		Thyestes then sent Pleisthenes, whom he had raised, to assassinate Atreus, but Atreus killed him, not recognizing his own son.
		Atreus responded by bringing Thyestes back from exile, but the main dish at the welcome-home banquet was the limbs of the sons of Thyestes.
	oldweb.uwp.edu /academic/english/canary/atreus.html (715 words)

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		Pirates attack the island and kill everyone except Anaxander, who pretends to be the goddess Medusa.
		She is rescued by King Menelaus of Sparta (husband of half-goddess Helen and father to Hermione and Pleisthenes) who believes that she is Princess Callisto, an identity she assumes in order to avoid becoming a slave.
		On a supposed friendly visit to Sparta, Paris of Troy deceives Menelaus, steals the city's treasure, kills many of its soldiers, and kidnaps the lovely and willing Helen--along with Anaxander/Callisto and the baby boy.
	www.schoollibraryjournal.com /index.asp?layout=articlePrint&articleID=CA325302 (239 words)

	The Eumenides
		One account of this tale says Thyestes had first seduced Atreus’s wife, Aërope, to gain possession of a lamb with a golden fleece that conferred on its owner the rulership of Mycenae.
		When Thyestes left the city, he took with him Atreus’s child, Pleisthenes, and reared the boy.
		But the murder plot was foiled and Pleisthenes was killed.
	cummingsstudyguides.net /Eumemides.html (3773 words)

	Helen of Troy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Helen had little or no say so in the matter of her wedding.
		Aethiolas, Maraphius, and Pleisthenes, and, possibly, Nicostratus, although most sources claim that he is a son of Menelaus and Pieris, a slave.
		According to some writers, Sparta was overcome by a plague in the early years of Helen and Menelaus’ marriage.
	www.promotega.org /vsu30035/helen.htm (881 words)

	Scrapbook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Thyestes sent his son (who was actually Atreus son), Pleisthenes, to Atreus court at Mycenae to kill his father (Atreus).
		But Atreus, who didn't know Pleisthenes was his own son, killed him instead.
		Then he found out - grief all over the place until he decided to take revenge on his brother.
	www.atreusonline2.com /scrapbook.php (8034 words)

	orest.html
		Sons of Atreus, Agamemnon and Menelaus, come to power and marry the daughters of Leda: Menelaus takes the beautiful Helen (who later eloped and caused the Trojan War); Agamemnon takes Clytemnestra.
		some reports indicate that Clytemnestra had already been married to a son of Thyestes, Pleisthenes or Tantalus, what's his name, and in order to repossess the lady, Agamemnon had to kill her young husband and their newly-born baby.) From Agamemnon, Clytemnestra has the daughters Iphigenia and Electra, and the son Orestes.
		The Trojan War breaks out, and Agamemnon is made commander-en-chief of the united Greek forces.
	mason.gmu.edu /~oarans/orest.html (835 words)

	Poisonous Gas
		Biological or chemical warfare has been believed to be a very old form of warfare.
		It was recorded in 600 BC how Solon contaminated the River Pleisthenes with a poisonous gas knows as helleborus, which the defenders drank.
		The defenders then suffered diarrhea and couldn’t fight
	members.fortunecity.com /gandv/gas.html (356 words)

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