Pleisthenes

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figure in Greek mythology mythological character

Pleisthenes is a relatively obscure figure in Greek mythology, sometimes described as a son of Atreus and father of Agamemnon and Menelaus, and associated with the royal house of Mycenae.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Pleisthenes canonical	3
Pleisthenes (brother of Menelaus)	1
Pleisthenēs	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	figure in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological character ⓘ
associatedPlace	Argos ⓘ Mycenae and Tiryns ⓘ surface form: Mycenae
associatedWith	House of Atreus myth cycle ⓘ surface form: House of Atreus Heracleidae ⓘ surface form: royal house of Mycenae
attestedIn	later mythographic traditions ⓘ scholia on classical texts ⓘ
category	Characters in Greek mythology ⓘ Mycenaean royal family in myth ⓘ
characteristic	relatively obscure in surviving sources ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek ⓘ
disputedTradition	genealogy varies between sources ⓘ sometimes said to be the father of Agamemnon and Menelaus instead of Atreus ⓘ
father	Agamemnon ⓘ Atreus ⓘ Menelaus ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
grandfather	Pelops ⓘ
grandmother	Hippodamia ⓘ
languageOfName	Ancient Greek ⓘ
lineage	Atreid family line ⓘ
mother	Aerope ⓘ
mythologicalRole	link between Atreus and his grandsons Agamemnon and Menelaus ⓘ member of the Atreid dynasty ⓘ
mythologicalTheme	dynastic succession ⓘ family relationships within the House of Atreus ⓘ
mythologicalTradition	Greek mythology ⓘ
nameScript	Πλεισθένης ⓘ
nameTransliteration	Pleisthenes self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pleisthenēs
notableRelatives	Aerope ⓘ Agamemnon ⓘ Atreus ⓘ Hippodamia ⓘ Menelaus ⓘ Pelops ⓘ Thyestes ⓘ
sibling	Chrysippus ⓘ surface form: Chrysippus (in some traditions) Tantalus ⓘ surface form: Tantalus (son of Atreus)
spouseOrConsort	Aerope ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Atreid dynasty → hasMember → Pleisthenes ⓘ

Pleistrus → nameVariant → Pleisthenes ⓘ

Pleistrus → paternalUncle → Pleisthenes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pleisthenes (brother of Menelaus)

Atreus → hasChild → Pleisthenes ⓘ

Pleisthenes → nameTransliteration → Pleisthenes self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pleisthenēs