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People and sources of the house of Atreus family tree

This page lists the 17 people on the chart of the house of Atreus family tree and the four numbered sources its article cites. It also gives the credits of the portraits and the article as a reference in four styles. The chart and the article have a page of their own.

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Every figure on the house of Atreus family tree

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ZZeusKing of the godsFather of Tantalus by Pluto, in Hyginus.

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Tantalus, from Tantalus, attributed to Giovanni Battista LangettiTantalusKing of SipylusHe served his son to the gods and is punished in Hades.

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Pelops, an imagined portrait, 1553, from the Promptuarium Iconum InsigniorumPelopsKing of PisaRestored to life by the gods, he won Hippodamia in a chariot race.

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Hippodamia, an imagined portrait, 1553, from the Promptuarium Iconum InsigniorumHippodamiaWife of PelopsDaughter of King Oenomaus. She killed herself when Pelops blamed her.

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Aerope, from Thyestes and Aerope by NosadellaAeropeWife of AtreusShe gave the golden lamb to Thyestes, her lover.

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Atreus, an imagined likeness, 1574, from an engraving of a statue once called AtreusAtreusKing of MycenaeHe served Thyestes his sons and was killed by Aegisthus.

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Thyestes, from the plate Atrée after Clément Pierre MarillierThyestesBrother of AtreusTwice king of Mycenae, and father of Aegisthus by his own daughter.

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Helen, from Helen of Troy by Dante Gabriel RossettiHelenQueen of SpartaSister of Clytemnestra. Paris persuaded her to leave with him for Troy.

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Menelaus, from an engraved imagined portraitMenelausKing of SpartaYounger son of Atreus and husband of Helen.

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Agamemnon, from The Anger of Achilles by Jacques-Louis DavidAgamemnonKing of MycenaeLeader of the Greeks at Troy, killed on his return.

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Clytemnestra, from Clytemnestra by John CollierClytemnestraQueen of MycenaeShe killed her husband and was killed by her son.

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Aegisthus, from The Murder of Agamemnon by Pierre-Narcisse GuérinAegisthusSon of ThyestesLover of Clytemnestra, killed by Orestes.

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Hermione, an imagined portrait, 1553, from the Promptuarium Iconum InsigniorumHermioneDaughter of MenelausThe only child of Helen and Menelaus on the chart.

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Iphigenia, from The Anger of Achilles by Jacques-Louis DavidIphigeniaEldest daughter of AgamemnonSacrificed at Aulis in Aeschylus, carried off to the Taurians in Apollodorus and Hyginus.

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Electra, from Electra at the Tomb of Agamemnon by Frederic LeightonElectraDaughter of AgamemnonShe smuggled the young Orestes away to Strophius the Phocian.

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Chrysothemis, an imagined portrait, 1786, probably her figure in Electra and ChrysothemisChrysothemisDaughter of AgamemnonNamed by Apollodorus among the children of the king.

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Orestes, from Orestes Pursued by the Furies by William-Adolphe BouguereauOrestesSon of AgamemnonHe avenged his father and was acquitted at Athens.

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The article is unsigned, so the site stands as author and the date is its last revision. Cite the numbered sources for the facts and the article for the chart. Each reference gives the address of the article.

  • APAGenogram Builder. (2026, November 11). The house of Atreus family tree, from Tantalus to Orestes. https://genogrambuilder.org/history/house-of-atreus-family-tree
  • MLA“The House of Atreus Family Tree, from Tantalus to Orestes.” Genogram Builder, 11 Nov. 2026, https://genogrambuilder.org/history/house-of-atreus-family-tree.
  • ChicagoGenogram Builder. “The House of Atreus Family Tree, from Tantalus to Orestes.” Last modified November 11, 2026. https://genogrambuilder.org/history/house-of-atreus-family-tree.
  • HarvardGenogram Builder (2026) The House of Atreus Family Tree, from Tantalus to Orestes. Available at: https://genogrambuilder.org/history/house-of-atreus-family-tree (Accessed: 11 November 2026).

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Sources

Every source of this house of Atreus family tree was opened on 10 November 2026. Aeschylus is cited in the translation of H. W. Smyth on Theoi. Apollodorus is cited in the Frazer translation on Theoi. Hyginus is cited on ToposText, since the Theoi page of the Fabulae did not load past fable 55 that day.

Theoi Classical Texts Library

  1. Apollodorus, The Library, Epitome, translated by J. G. Frazer
  2. Aeschylus, Agamemnon, translated by H. W. Smyth
  3. Aeschylus, Eumenides, translated by H. W. Smyth

ToposText

  1. Hyginus, Fabulae, translated by Mary Grant

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