The Spartan Saga
Gaia (Earth) Uranus (Heaven) Oceanus = Tethys Iapetus (Titan) = Clymene Themis Pluto Epimetheus Prometheus Atlas = Pleione
The Pleiades Atlas = Pleione Alcyone Merope Celaeno Electra Sterope Taygete Maia = Zeus Hermes When the sisters died, they were placed amongst the stars Visible in Greece from May to November Signal the farming and sailing seasons
Eurotas Atlas = Pleione Taygete = Zeus Sparta = Lacedaemon Eurotas, grandson of Lelex, an autochthon. Without a male heir, he was the last of his line. Lacedaemon Founded Sparta (named for his wife) The people are called Lacedaemonians The lambda Λ is always on their shields
Sparta
Sparta
Sparta = Lacedaemon Diomede = Amylcas Eurydice = Acrisius Hyacinthus Cynortas Amylcas was second king of Sparta Hyacinthus was loved by Apollo Apollo killed him accidentally Turned him into a flower
Hyacinthus
Merry Joseph Blondel (1781 1853) la muerte de jacinto
Sparta = Lacedaemon Diomede = Amylcas Eurydice = Acrisius Hyacinthus Cynortas Perseus Oebalus = Gorgophone
Perieres = Gorgophone Leucippus Arsinoe = Apollo Aesculapius Gorgophone was first married to Perieres, a son of Aeolus and Enarete. This is an alternative genealogy!
Asclepius (Aesculapius) Alternative: Son of Apollo and Coronis Raised by Cheiron, the centaur Taught the art of healing A snake, wound on a staff, brought Asclepius healing herbs Zeus killed him so that humans would not escape death
Asclepius
Seeking a cure in the temple of Asclepius
Oebalus = Gorgophone Tyndarius = Leda = Zeus Clytemnestra Castor Pollux Helen Althernative: Zeus raped Nemesis and she lay an egg Leda found the egg and when Helen hatched Leda raised her as her own daughter Helen and Theseus
The Dioscuri Rape of Helen: Theseus abducted Helen when she was underage. Castor and Pollux attacked Athens Found Helen at Aphidnae Revealed by Academus His land was a mile north of Athens A shrine to Academus was called the Academy Plato built his school there.
Dioscuri Calydonian Boar Hunt Voyage of the Argo Stars over the heads of the Dioscuri The Aphareidae Idas and Lyncaeus: cheated the Dioscuri In the war Castor was killed Pollux asked Zeus that he might die with his brother. Both elevated to the heavens
Castor and Pollux
Temple of the Dioscuri in Rome
Gemini
Gemini
Agamemnon
Rhea = Cronos =? Zeus = Pluto Tantalus = Dione Tantalus was king of Phrygia (or other) But not Argos: although a more common version, it doesn t work. Tantalus was entrusted with Zeus secrets Revealed the secrets and was cast into Hades
Tantalus = Dione Pelops = Hippodameia Pelops was expelled from Phrygia by Ilus Moved to Elis, ruled by Oenomaus, father of Hippodameia Pelops won Hippodameia in a chariot race Became king of Elis The Peloponnese is named for him
Phrygia
Pelops = Hippodameia Atreus Thyestes Nicippe = Sthenelus Aegisthus Atreus and Thyestes fled Elis after they killed their half brother Sthenelus of Mycenae took them in After the death of Eurystheus, Atreus became king of Mycenae
Pelops = Hippodameia Aerope = Atreus Thyestes Nicippe Clytemnestra = Agamemnon Menelaus = Helen Atreus and Thyestes in a bloody rivalry Atreus killed two sons of Thyestes Finally, Aegisthus, son of Thyestes, killed Atreus and expelled Agamemnon and Menelaus Both taken in by Tyndarius of Sparta
Sins of the Fathers Curse of the House of Atreus Was it the sin of Tantalus? The murder of Chrysippus by Atreus and Thyestes? The murder of the sons of Thyestes by Atreus?
Clytemnestra = Agamemnon Iphegeneia Chrysothemis Laodice Orestes Returned to Mycenae ExpelledThyestes and banished Aegisthus Consolidated power and became the king of kings
The Marriage of Helen Suitors came from all of Greece Tyndareus feared a war Odysseus idea: Each suitor to swear an oath to abide and defend the chosen one and the marriage Menelaus, son of Atreus, was chosen He succeeded Tyndareus as king of Sparta