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Pleisthenes
In
Greek mythology
,
Pleisthenes
is the name of several different
people
descended
from
Tantalus
.
Pleisthenes, son of
Pelops
, and of
Hippodamia
,
rulers
of
Pisa
. Two of his
brothers
are
Atreus
, and
Thyestes
.
Pleisthenes, son of Atreus and
Aerope
.
Pleisthenes is the name of an
illegitimate son
of Thyestes and Aerope. He and his
brother
Tantalus were
killed
by Atreus and
fed
to their
father
, Thyestes, in
revenge
for the
death
of Pleisthenes.
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.
