Pelopia
Greek · scion · heroic age · Recorded classification
Scion daughter of Thyestes (granddaughter of the quartigod Pelops). The instrument and victim of Thyestes's oracle-driven revenge: lain with by her own father in the dark at Sicyon, she bears Aegisthus. Married unwittingly to her uncle Atreus, who rears Aegisthus as his own. When the sword she wrested from her ravisher reveals her father's identity, she kills herself with it. Mother of Aegisthus. Distinct from the Pelopia who is a daughter of Niobe and Amphion.
Parentage
- paternal: Thyestes
Children
Domains
- tragic fate
Relations
- spouse: AtreusMarried (unwittingly) to her uncle Atreus; not reciprocated on Atreus's entry, which follows the Apollodoran spine — RECIPROCAL note.Hyg. Fab. 87-88 (primary)
- mother of: AegisthusApollod. Epit. 2.14; Hyg. Fab. 87-88 (primary)
Sources
- existence: Apollodorus Epitome 2.14; Hyginus Fabulae 87-88, 243, 252 (primary)
- parentage: Apollod. Epit. 2.14; Hyg. Fab. 87-88 (daughter of Thyestes) (primary)