Tantalus son of Broteas

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Tantalus, not to be confused with his more famous grandfather and namesake (Tantalus), was the son of Broteas and great grandson of Zeus. He ruled over the city of Pisa in the Peloponnesus. He was the first husband of Clytemnestra and was slain by Agamemnon, King of Mycenae, a soldier in the Trojan War, who made Clytemnestra his wife.

[edit] Tantalus's family

[edit] Tantalus

Tantalus's grandfather, also named Tantalus, sacrificed his son, Pelops, to the gods. Since the Olympians hated human sacrifice, they restored Pelops back to life and gave him a team of Poseidon's horses. They also killed Tantalus and he was tortured in the Underworld. Pelops would win a chariot race and win the right to marry a princess, named Hippodamia, with his team of horses.

[edit] Broteas

His father was Broteas, the ugly brother of Niobe and Pelops. Broteas carved the image of Cybele, a Phyrgian equivalent of the Titaness Rhea. The image was sacred to the Magnesians. Broteas, like his son, also ruled over Pisa. Since he was a hunter and did not honor Artemis, he was sacrificed on a pyre. It was similar to the punishment of Actaeon.