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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Aerope canonical 19
Aërope 2

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cretan princess
figure in Greek mythology
appearsInWork Apollodorus, Bibliotheca
Hyginus, Fabulae
linked to: Hyginus’ Fabulae

Pausanias, Description of Greece
associatedWithObject golden lamb
associatedWithPlace Crete
Mycenae
linked to: Mycenae and Tiryns
childOf Catreus
connectedTo Agamemnon
Atreus
House of Atreus curse
Menelaus
Thyestes
culture Ancient Greek religion
ethnicity Cretan
family House of Atreus
gender female
grandfather Minos
greatGrandfather Zeus
involvedIn adultery with Thyestes
betrayal of Atreus
languageOfSources Ancient Greek
lover Thyestes
motherOf Agamemnon
Anaxibia
Menelaus
mythologicalCycle Atreid saga
Trojan War cycle
linked to: Trojan War
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
Apemosyne
Clymene
spouse Atreus

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

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 Aërope
linked to: Aerope
Thyestes lover Aërope
linked to: Aerope
Chrysothemis relative Aerope
Pleisthenes mother Aerope
Orestes grandmother Aerope
Electra grandmother Aerope
Althaemenes sibling Aerope
Clymene (daughter of Catreus) sibling Aerope
Clymene (daughter of Catreus) associatedCharacter Aerope
Apemosyne sibling Aerope
Apemosyne relative Aerope
Anaxibia mother Aerope