Tantalus (Son of Thyestes)

In Greek mythology, Tantalus (Ancient Greek: Τάνταλος Tántalos) was a son of Thyestes and a prince of southern Argolis. He was killed along with his brother Pleisthenes, by Thyestes's brother Atreus. Atreus killed his nephews because Thyestes seduced his wife, Aerope. Atreus was the king of Mycenae, and Thyestes ruled the south of Argolis. In some accounts, he was the first husband of Clytemnestra and was slain together with their newborn child by Agamemnon who married the Spartan princess after his death.[1]
See also

Aegisthus
Orestes

Note

John Tzetzes, Chiliades 1.18 line 464-465

References

Gods and Heroes, Gustav Schwab, Pantheon
D' Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths Ingrid and Edgar Parain D' Aulaire
John Tzetzes, Book of Histories, Book I translated by Ana Untila from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826. Online version at theio.com

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