Editing Mycenae (section)

===Kings of Mycenae===

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|width=111px|[[Perseus (mythology)|Perseus]]||Grandson of King [[Acrisius]] of [[Argos, Peloponnese|Argos]]; Legendary founder of Mycenae and the Perseid dynasty; considered one of the greatest [[Greek hero|heroes]] and slayer of monsters before the times of [[Heracles]].
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|[[Electryon]]||Son of [[Perseus (mythology)|Perseus]] and [[Andromeda (mythology)|Andromeda]]; his succession was disputed by the [[Taphos|Taphians]] under [[Pterelaos]], who assaulted Mycenae, lost, and stole the cattle; the cattle were recovered by [[Amphitryon]], but he accidentally killed Electryon with a club in an unruly cattle incident.
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|[[Sthenelus (son of Perseus)|Sthenelus]]||Younger brother of [[Electryon]]; exiles [[Amphitryon]] after taking power; expands prestige of his kingdom by marrying [[Nicippe]], a daughter of King [[Pelops]] of [[Ancient Elis|Elis]], the most powerful state of the region; he was killed by [[Hyllus]], the son of [[Heracles]]. 
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|[[Eurystheus]]||Son of [[Sthenelus]]; resentful towards [[Heracles]] for his father's death, he persecutes the [[Heracleidae]]; final king of the Perseid dynasty when he and his sons are all killed during his war against [[Athens]] for housing the Heracleidae.
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|[[Atreus]]||Maternal uncle of [[Eurystheus]] and founder of the Atreid dynasty; competed against his brother [[Thyestes]] for the throne and persecuted him after winning; was killed by Thyestes's son [[Aegisthus]] to restore his father to the throne.
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|[[Thyestes]]||Brother of [[Atreus]]; ruled jointly with his son [[Aegisthus]]; exiled the sons of Atreus, [[Agamemnon]] and [[Menelaus]] to [[Sparta]]; both Thyestes and Aegisthus are removed from power and exiled after Menelaus becomes king of Sparta and invades to place his brother Agamemnon to the throne. 
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|[[Agamemnon]]||Son of [[Atreus]] and [[Aerope]]; commanded the Greeks during the [[Trojan War]]; his wife [[Clytemnestra]] becomes lovers with [[Aegisthus]] whom both plot and kill Agamemnon upon his return. 
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|[[Aegisthus]]||Son of [[Thyestes]]; returns to the throne after killing [[Agamemnon]] and rules Mycenae for 7 years; he and his lover [[Clytemnestra]] are killed by the son of Agamemnon, [[Orestes]] who is forced to flee and is pursued by the [[Erinyes]].
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|[[Aletes of Mycenae|Aletes]]||Son of [[Aegisthus]] and [[Clytemnestra]]; assumes the throne at a young age after his parents are killed by his half-brother [[Orestes]] who flees; Orestes returns several years later with troops and kills Aletes and takes the throne. 
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|[[Orestes]]||Son of [[Agamemnon]] and [[Clytemnestra]]; takes the throne after returning to Mycenae and killing his half-brother [[Aletes of Mycenae|Aletes]]; he spends his reign building a larger state in the Peloponnese; he dies in [[Arcadia (ancient region)|Arcadia]] from a [[snake]] bite.
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|[[Tisamenus (son of Orestes)|Tisamenus]]||Son of [[Orestes]]; final king of the Atreid dynasty; he was killed in the final battle with the [[Heracleidae]] who sought to retake the [[Peloponnese]] as their ancestral lands; they divided his territories amongst themselves and brought the end of the Mycenaean Kingdom.
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