AEGISTHUS  , in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend, was the son of Thyestes by his own daughter Pelopia . Having been exposed by his See also:

• MOTHER

mother to conceal her shame, he was found by shepherds and suckled by a See also:

• GOAT (a common Teut. word; O. Eng. gat, Goth. gaits, Mod. Ger. Geiss, cognate with Lat. haedus, a kid)

goat—whence his name . His See also:

• UNCLE

uncle See also:

• ATREUS

Atreus, who had married Pelopia, took him to See also:

• MYCENAE

Mycenae, and brought him up as his own son . When he See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew up Aegisthus slew Atreus, and ruled jointly with his See also:

• FATHER

father over Mycenae, until they were deposed by See also:

• AGAMEMNON

Agamemnon on his return from See also:

• EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile . After the departure of Agamemnon to the Trojan See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, Aegisthus seduced his wife Clytaemnestra (more correctly Clytaemestra) and with her assistance slew him on his return . Eight years later his See also:

• MURDER

murder was avenged by his son See also:

• ORESTES

Orestes . See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer, Od. iii . 263, iv . 517; See also:

• HYGINUS
• HYGINUS (surnamed GROMATICUS, from gruma, a surveyor's measuring-rod)
• HYGINUS, GAIUS JULIUS

Hyginus, Fab . 87 .