Thyestes

[ thahy-es-teez ]

/ θaɪˈɛs tiz /

noun Classical Mythology.

the brother of Atreus who unknowingly ate the flesh of his own sons when served to him by Atreus.

OTHER WORDS FROM Thyestes

Thy·es·te·an

[thahy-es-tee-uh n, thahy-e-stee-uh n] /θaɪˈɛs ti ən, ˌθaɪ ɛˈsti ən/, Thy·es·ti·an, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for thyestes

His wife Arope was seduced by Thyestes, who was driven from Mycenae.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 8 |Various
Some of these, such as the 'banquet of Thyestes,' bear a close resemblance to Teutonic stories which we know to be unhistorical.

The Heroic Age |H. Munro Chadwick
I attended this table of Thyestes, as it seemed to me, only when I could not help it, on the days when I had to mount guard.

The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the first |Count Carlo Gozzi
She points to phantoms which the Chorus cannot see, the ghosts of the children of Thyestes.

Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol I of 2) |John Addington Symonds

The vaticinations of Cassandra opened a terrific vista of the horrors accumulated upon the family of Thyestes.

Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol I of 2) |John Addington Symonds

British Dictionary definitions for thyestes

Thyestes

/ (θaɪˈɛstiːz) /

noun

Greek myth son of Pelops and brother of Atreus, with whose wife he committed adultery. In revenge, Atreus killed Thyestes' sons and served them to their father at a banquet

Derived forms of Thyestes

Thyestean or Thyestian (θaɪˈɛstɪən, ˌθaɪɛˈstiːən), adjective

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Thyestes

noun Classical Mythology.

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