Chrysippus

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Chrysippus is a figure in Greek mythology, a son of Pelops whose abduction and murder helped spark the bloody feud within the House of Atreus.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf figure in Greek mythology ⓘ
mythological prince ⓘ
abductionContext Laius was a guest of Pelops when he abducted Chrysippus ⓘ
linked to: Laius
abductionLocation Pisa in Elis ⓘ
linked to: Pisa
abductor Laius ⓘ
associatedHouse House of Atreus ⓘ
associatedPlace Elis ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ
Thebes ⓘ
associatedWith Laius’s hubris ⓘ
origin of misfortunes of the Theban royal house ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek religion and mythology ⓘ
curseConnection his abduction by Laius brings a curse upon Laius and his descendants ⓘ
his death is linked to the curse on the House of Atreus ⓘ
deathBlame Laius was accused by Pelops of corrupting Chrysippus ⓘ
linked to: Laius
deathCause murder ⓘ
deathMethod stabbed with a sword ⓘ
deathPerpetrator Atreus ⓘ
Hippodamia ⓘ
Thyestes ⓘ
deathPerpetratorTradition in other versions Atreus and Thyestes kill him at their mother Hippodamia’s instigation ⓘ
in some versions Hippodamia kills him to secure the succession for her own sons ⓘ
father Pelops ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
mother Axioche ⓘ
Danais ⓘ
nymph ⓘ
mythicCycle Atreid saga ⓘ
Theban cycle ⓘ
nameInGreek Χρύσιππος ⓘ
notableFor being a beautiful youth desired by Laius ⓘ
his death setting in motion later tragic events in Greek myth ⓘ
notableTheme dynastic succession conflict ⓘ
pederastic abduction ⓘ
violation of guest-friendship (xenia) ⓘ
relationshipWithLaius beloved of Laius ⓘ
roleInMyth his abduction and murder helped provoke the feud within the House of Atreus ⓘ
sibling Alcathous ⓘ
Astydameia ⓘ
Atreus ⓘ
Eurydice ⓘ
linked to: Eurydice of Argos

Nicippe ⓘ
Pittheus ⓘ
Thyestes ⓘ
source Euripides’ lost tragedy "Chrysippus" ⓘ
later mythographic summaries and scholia ⓘ
timePeriod mythic age before the Trojan War ⓘ

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Atreus → brotherOf → Chrysippus ⓘ
Thyestes → uncle → Chrysippus ⓘ
Pelops → child → Chrysippus ⓘ
Pleisthenes → sibling → Chrysippus (in some traditions) ⓘ
linked to: Chrysippus
House of Labdacus → hasMember → Chrysippus of Elis ⓘ
linked to: Chrysippus