This is a quiz about some of the colourful and disastrous members in the "House of Atreus" from Greek Mythology. From its demigod founder all the way to the acquitted avenging son.
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Son of Zeus who served the human flesh of his son to the Gods. He is eternally punished in the afterlife with food and drink moving away, right when he tries to reach for it.
Tantalus
Son of the above with an ivory shoulder, who won his throne through a rigged chariot race and murder, further cursing his house.
Pelops
Claimed to be a superior mother compared to a Goddess. her children would suffer the consequences, and she would herself be turned to stone.
Niobe
Reclaimed the Mycenean throne from his brother in a bet. he bet that the sun would rise in the West and set in the East, and won when Helios helped him by doing so.
Atreus
Brother of the above who stole the Mycenean throne when both agreed that whoever had the golden lamb should be king.
Thyestes
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Killed his adoptive father when he learned that the above was his real father. he would later become lovers with Clytemnestra while the Trojan war raged.
Aegisthos
Arguably the most famous of his house, and the leader of the Acheans in the Trojan war.
Agamemnom
Sacrificed to the Gods by her father for favourable winds, so the Acheans could sail to Troy.
Iphigenia
King of Sparta and husband to Helen. Also surprisingly drama free compared to the rest of his house.
Menelaus
Avenged his Father by murdering his mother and her lover. he was acquitted of guilt by an Athenian jury with the help of the Gods, he supposedly ended the curse on his house.