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Atreus, Agamemnon's father, murdered the children of his twin brother Thyestes and fed them to him after discovering Thyestes ' adultery with his wife Aerope.

Thyestes fathered Aegisthus with his own daughter, Pelopia, and this son vowed gruesome revenge on Atreus ' children.

Aegisthus successfully murdered Atreus and restored his father to the throne.

Aegisthus took possession of the throne of Mycenae and ruled jointly with Thyestes.

During this period Agamemnon and his brother, Menelaus, took refuge with Tyndareus, King of Sparta.

There they respectively married Tyndareus ' daughters Clytemnestra and Helen.

Agamemnon and Clytemnestra had four children: one son, Orestes, and three daughters, Iphigenia, Electra and Chrysothemis.

Menelaus succeeded Tyndareus in Sparta, while Agamemnon, with his brother's assistance, drove out Aegisthus and Thyestes to recover his father's kingdom.

He extended his dominion by conquest and became the most powerful prince in Greece.