Pleisthenes
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In Greek mythology, Pleisthenes is the name of several different people:
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[edit] Son of Pelops
Pleisthenes is the name of a son of Pelops, son of Tantalus, and of Hippodamia, rulers of Pisa. Two of his brothers are Atreus, founder of House Atreides, and Thyestes.
[edit] Son of Atreus
Pleisthenes is the name of a son of Atreus and of Cleola. Some stories say that this Pleisthenes married Aerope, daughter of King Katreus of Crete, and is the father of Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia. Other stories say that Atreus took Aerope as his second wife, and that he fathered Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia. Stories also say this Pleisthenes was killed by his father, Atreus, after Thyestes tricked him into it.
[edit] Son of Thyestes
Pleisthenes is the name of a bastard son of Thyestes and Aerope. He and his brother Tantalus were killed by Atreus (Aerope's husband) and fed to their father, Thyestes, in revenge for the death of Pleisthenes (son of Atreus).
[edit] Son of Menelaus
Pleisthenes is the name of the youngest son of Menelaus and Helen. Helen took young Pleisthenes with her when she went to Troy with Paris, and the boy is not mentioned in any stories after that.
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