Aerope

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Aerope is a figure in Greek mythology, a Cretan princess best known as the wife of Atreus and mother of the Atreidae, whose tragic family saga underpins much of the Trojan War cycle.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Aerope canonical 11
Aërope 2

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cretan princess
figure in Greek mythology
appearsInWork Apollodorus, Bibliotheca NERFINISHED
Hyginus, Fabulae NERFINISHED
Pausanias, Description of Greece NERFINISHED
associatedWithObject golden lamb
associatedWithPlace Crete NERFINISHED
Mycenae NERFINISHED
childOf Catreus NERFINISHED
connectedTo Agamemnon NERFINISHED
Atreus NERFINISHED
House of Atreus curse NERFINISHED
Menelaus NERFINISHED
Thyestes NERFINISHED
culture Ancient Greek religion
ethnicity Cretan
family House of Atreus NERFINISHED
gender female
grandfather Minos NERFINISHED
greatGrandfather Zeus NERFINISHED
involvedIn adultery with Thyestes
betrayal of Atreus
languageOfSources Ancient Greek NERFINISHED
lover Thyestes NERFINISHED
motherOf Agamemnon NERFINISHED
Anaxibia NERFINISHED
Menelaus NERFINISHED
mythologicalCycle Atreid saga NERFINISHED
Trojan War cycle NERFINISHED
mythologicalTheme adultery
betrayal
dynastic succession
family curse
notableFor being mother of the Atreidae
being wife of Atreus
role in the curse of the House of Atreus
roleInMyth enabled Thyestes to claim the Mycenaean throne
gave the golden lamb to Thyestes
siblingOf Althaemenes NERFINISHED
Apemosyne NERFINISHED
Clymene NERFINISHED
spouse Atreus NERFINISHED

Referenced by (13)

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

Agamemnon mother Aerope
Menelaus mother Aerope
Catreus offspring Aerope
Hermione grandmother Aerope
Atreus spouse Aerope
Thyestes spouse Aerope
this entity surface form: Aërope
Thyestes lover Aerope
this entity surface form: Aërope
Chrysothemis relative Aerope
Pleisthenes mother Aerope
Orestes grandmother Aerope