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<b class="b2">Of Thyestes</b>, adj.: [[Θυέστειος]] (Ar.).
<b class="b2">Of Thyestes</b>, adj.: [[Θυέστειος]] (Ar.).
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|lshtext=<b>Thyestes</b>: ae, m., = Θυέστης,><br /><b>I</b> [[son]] of [[Pelops]] and [[brother]] of [[Atreus]], [[who]] [[set]] [[before]] him for [[food]] the [[flesh]] of his [[own]] [[son]]; he [[was]] the [[father]] of Ægisthus, Hyg. Fab. 88; Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 25; Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26; Hor. A. P. 91; id. C. 1, 16, 17; Pers. 5, 8.— Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Thyestēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Thyestes]], Thyestean: [[Mycenae]], Luc. 1, 544: [[mensa]], Ov. P. 4, 6, 47; id. M. 15, 462: [[exsecratio]], Cic. Pis. 19, 43; cf. [[preces]], Hor. Epod. 5, 86: [[more]] furere, Sen. Contr. 1, 1 med.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Thyestĭădes, ae, m., the ([[male]]) [[offspring]] of [[Thyestes]]; said of Ægisthus, Ov. A. A. 2, 407; Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 113.
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English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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Θυέστης, -ου, ἡ.

Of Thyestes, adj.: Θυέστειος (Ar.).

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Thyestes: ae, m., = Θυέστης,>
I son of Pelops and brother of Atreus, who set before him for food the flesh of his own son; he was the father of Ægisthus, Hyg. Fab. 88; Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 25; Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26; Hor. A. P. 91; id. C. 1, 16, 17; Pers. 5, 8.— Hence,
   A Thyestēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thyestes, Thyestean: Mycenae, Luc. 1, 544: mensa, Ov. P. 4, 6, 47; id. M. 15, 462: exsecratio, Cic. Pis. 19, 43; cf. preces, Hor. Epod. 5, 86: more furere, Sen. Contr. 1, 1 med.—
   B Thyestĭădes, ae, m., the (male) offspring of Thyestes; said of Ægisthus, Ov. A. A. 2, 407; Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 113.