Πλεισθένης

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Πλεισθένης is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally associated with the royal lineage of Mycenae and sometimes identified as the father of Agamemnon and Menelaus.

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Πλεισθένης canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf character in Greek mythology
human
mythological figure
alternativeTradition sometimes replaced by Ἀτρεύς as father of Ἀγαμέμνων and Μενέλαος
associatedWith House of Atreus
Mycenae
Trojan War cycle (genealogically)
linked to: Greeks at Troy

royal house of Mycenae
culture Ancient Greek
deathCharacteristic dies young in some mythic accounts
domain heroic age of Greece
ethnicity Mycenaean Greek (mythological)
linked to: Mycenaean Greek
fatherOf Μενέλαος
linked to: Menelaus

Ἀγαμέμνων
Ἀναξίβιος
linked to: Anaxibius
gender male
grandfatherOf Νικόστρατος
Ἑρμιόνη
Ἠλέκτρα
Ἰφιγένεια
linked to: Iphigenia

Ὀρέστης
linked to: Orestes
hasDescendant kings of Mycenae
linked to: king of Mycenae
hasLatinizedForm Pleisthenes
hasNameForm Πλεισθένης
hasParent Ἀερόπη
Ἀτρεύς
hasRelative Θυέστης
Τάνταλος (mythological ancestor)
linked to: Τάνταλος

Χρυσίππος
memberOf Atreid dynasty
mentionedIn Hyginus Fabulae
linked to: Hyginus’ Fabulae

scholia on Euripides
scholia on Homer’s Iliad
mythicStatus semi-legendary
mythologicalTradition Greek mythology
nameLanguage Ancient Greek
nameScript Greek alphabet
narrativeFunction linking figure in Atreid genealogy
roleInMyth intermediate generation between Ἀτρεύς and Ἀγαμέμνων–Μενέλαος in some traditions
spouse Κλεοπάτρα (daughter of Πιτθέας)

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Pleisthenes nameScript Πλεισθένης