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1. It all started with the most horrible of crimes: the killing of one's own child. Tantalus murdered his son Pelops and served his flesh to the gods to test their omniscience. What was the name of the only goddess who tasted this unusual dish?
2. It seems that killing young boys, cooking their bodies and then serving them at a banquet, became a tradition in this family. The grandson of Tantalus, Atreus, king of Mycene, murdered sons of his brother Thyestes and served them to him at a feast. Atreus was seeking revenge on his brother because he had seduced:
3. Agamemnon, the son of Atreus, leader of the Greek forces, had to sacrifice his own daughter to appease Artemis who sent contrary winds to delay the Greek fleet heading for Troy. What was the name of the victim?
4. Aegisthus, the son of Thyestes, seduced Agamemnon's wife, Clytemnestra, and the two of them murdered Agamemnon after his return from the Trojan War. Who else was killed along with Agamemnon?
5. Aegisthus married Clytemnestra and ruled Mycene for a few years. They were both murdered by Agamemnon's son Orestes, who plotted this crime with his sister. What was the name of this woman, who helped to kill her own mother?
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