Characters in Atreus and Thyestes
Meet the Cast
Atreus
We at Shmoop do our best to be as non-judgmental as possible, but it really is kind of hard to find anything redeemable about Atreus. At a young age, he kills his stepbrother, Chrysippus, with the...
Thyestes
Atreus might win the award for most messed-up revenge ever when he tricks Thyestes into eating his own children, but it's not like Thyestes is a particularly mellow dude either. Along with Atreus,...