59-Greek Myths: The Violence of Our Ancestors
Myths and Legends
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The Curse of the House of Atreus
In Greek mythology, each generation must answer for the sins of their ancestors. Atreus and his brother Theistes were sons of Pelop's who killed their older brother to get the throne. They attacked Enmas, and killed Eurystheus, which led to the brothers taking over the throne of my Cine. There was a whole thing where Atreus had a really nice, solid gold lamb, and it got stuffed with other people's money. And everyone celebrated their new king by giving him such a good gift that he decided to meddle in ancient politics. If there will ever be another episode of This is Life With Peter Travers, we're going to buzz
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