Note 2 — Chapter XIV · GREEK TRAGEDY AND EURIPIDES.
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This pedigree of the House of Tantalus—a family Upas-tree—illustrates the descent of crime from generation to generation:
Tantalus [Insolence of immense riches. | Steals the nectar and ambrosia | of the gods and gives | to them Pelops to eat.] +------+-------------------------------+ | | +----------------Pelops = Hippodameia. Niobe. | Slays Myrsilus, | | the son of | | Hermes. | | +----+--------------------+ | | | Chrysippus, Atreus = Ærope. Thyestes. a bastard son, In revenge upon | Incestuous with Ærope whom Atreus Thyestes for his | and with his own daughter and Thyestes adultery, serves | Pelopia, by whom he kill. up the children | has a son. of Thyestes to | | him at a banquet.| Ægisthus. | +--------+---------------------+ | | Agamemnon = Clytemnestra. Menelaus. | +------------+------------+ | | | Orestes. Iphigenia. Electra.